asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of applicants waiting for telephone service at the telephone exchange in Bray, County Wicklow; and the likely times by which their applications will be met.
Written Answers. - Telephone Service.
493.
About 550. Service will be provided for the majority of these within the next 12 months or so. The reminder will be attended to progressively over the following year.
494.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a request for a telephone transfer by an applicant (details supplied) in County Wicklow from his previous address in Dublin will be effected.
Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so before the end of this year.
495.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason for the delay in installing a telephone for a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
It has not been possible to provide service for the person named so far because of the large volume of applications on hands in the area. It is expected that service will be provided within about a year.
496.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason for the delay in installing a telephone for a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
It has not been possible to provide service for the person named, who applied in March 1981, so far because of the large volume of applications on hands in the area. It is expected that service will be provided next year.
497.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason for the delay in installing a telephone for a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
It has not been possible to provide service for this applicant so far because of the large volume of engineering work requiring attention in the district. It is expected that service will be provided in early 1983.
498.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin.
Early next year.
499.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will ensure that the telephone of a person (details supplied) in Dublin which has been out of order for over four months will be repaired immediately; and if he will confirm that the work has been done.
Service will be restored within a day or so. The line will be tested when service is restored.
500.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs whether he will now arrange for the installation of a telephone for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been on the waiting list for over two years and who is an aged widow living alone; and when a telephone will be installed.
Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so until early next year.
501.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be installed for a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who paid the contract price some time ago.
Within the next two months or so.
502.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is aware of the deplorable state of repair of the telephone and telex service in the north Connemara area as outlined in a letter sent to him on 30 March 1982; and if he will indicate the plans his Department have to bring about an immediate improvement of this very important service.
I am aware that the quality of the telecommunications services in the north Connemara area is not satisfactory. The Clifden charge group, which includes Letterfrack exchange mentioned in the letter of 30 March to which the Deputy refers, is served by a co-axial cable to Galway. As I indicated in reply to questions from Deputy Molloy (Official Report Vol. 333 No. 6, cols. 1053-1055), the Clifden-Galway route is served by overhead cable and much of it is over exposed country leaving the cable particularly liable to damage during bad weather. There is, therefore, a high incidence of faults and the number of circuits in use can vary appreciable from time to time. An urgent examination of ways to improve the quality of service has been in progress and will, it is expected, be completed shortly. I will write to the Deputy then.
503.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will investigate the very bad telephone service obtaining in the 256 area of Rathoath, County Meath; and the up-to-date position on this matter.
A fault in the local exchange which affected the service in the area for some days recently has now been repaired. Service should now be satisfactory but if the Deputy will furnish details of any specific complaints I will have them investigated.
504.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason for the delay in providing a telephone service for a person (details supplied) in County Meath as he applied in 1976; if he will investigate this case; and if a telephone service will be provided immediately.
It has not been possible to provide service for this applicant so far because of the extensive linework required and the volume of applications on hands in the Meath area. It is expected that service will be provided within the next six months.
505.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork as she has been on the waiting list for two years, is an old age pensioner and is a chronic asthmatic who lives alone.
Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so before the end of this year.
506.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will arrange to provide a telephone service for a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
It is expected that service will be provided in about a month.
507.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for an old age pensioner (details supplied) in County Cork who lives alone and who applied over two years ago.
Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so until early next year.
508.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when he expects the additional engineering works, including cabling, which are necessary for additional telephone applications to be met, in the Bellinter area near Navan, County Meath to be carried out.
About the end of this year.
509.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the further engineering works will be completed to enable phone applications in the St. Mary's Park area, Navan, County Meath, to be met; the nature of the works involved; and the likely time scale for completion.
The necessary engineering work which includes cabling and cable distribution is expected to commence before the end of the year and to be completed early next year.
510.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the additional engineering works necessary to enable telephone applications in the Riverstown and Cushinstown areas of Rathfeigh, County Meath will be completed.
About the end of the year.
511.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the further engineering works necessary to enable additional telephones to be connected in the Jamestown, Balruntagh and Moyagher areas of Athboy, County Meath will be completed.
About the end of this year.
512.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when Enfield telephone exchange, County Meath will be converted to automatic working.
It is expected that Enfield exchange will be converted to automatic working in about six months time.
513.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin who applied in October 1980.
In 1983.
514.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will arrange for the immediate repair of the telephone of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin whose telephone has been out of order for over 12 weeks which may result in the possible loss of his business which depends on this service.
Service has been restored.
515.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin; and the date of his application.
It is expected that service will be provided in about a year. The application was recorded on 25 February 1980.
516.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if the mobile exchange at Sommerville Avenue, Crumlin, Dublin 12 will cater for the Rushbrook, Osprey and Willington areas when it is operation.
517.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the mobile exchange will be in operation at Sommerville Avenue, Crumlin, Dublin 12.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 516 and 517 together.
Two mobile exchanges will come into service in Crumlin later this year, one in July and the other about October. Rushbrook, Osprey and Willington are among the areas they will serve.