asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when he expects that the additional engineering works will be completed to enable additional telephones to be connected on the Gormanston Road out of Stamullen. County Meath.
Written Answers. - Telephone Service.
617.
Within about a year.
618.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when he expects that the further engineering works necessary to enable telephones to be connected in the Derrockstown area of Dunshaughlin, County Meath will be completed.
Next year.
619.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when he expects to carry out the additional engineering works, including cabling, which is necessary for additional telephones to be connected in the Seneschalstown area near Beauparc, Navan, County Meath.
Within about a year.
620.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) who lives alone in Dublin; and if priority will be given to this applicant as her circumstances are urgent and as she paid £100 last December.
Within about a month.
621.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin who is a senior citizen living alone.
Within about a year.
622.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who paid for a service four months ago.
Within about a month.
623.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin.
Service has been restored.
624.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin.
Within about a year.
625.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin.
Service was provided in March this year.
626.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin.
Within about a year.
627.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who urgently needs a telephone.
Within about a year.
628.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who urgently needs a telephone.
Within about a year.
629.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who urgently needs a telephone.
Service was provided on 27 April 1982.
630.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who urgently needs a telephone.
Within about a year.
631.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if an application for a telephone (details supplied) will be granted priority; and, if so when a telephone will be connected.
The application is being treated as priority and it is expected that service will be provided within the next three months or so.
632.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
633.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
There has been telephone service at the address quoted for a number of years.
634.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
635.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
636.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
637.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
638.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
639.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
640.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
641.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
642.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
643.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
644.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a transfer of telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
645.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
646.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
647.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
648.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
649.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
650.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
651.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
652.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin in view of the fact that the sum of £240 was paid on 11 November 1981 when the person in question was informed that the telephone would be installed within 12 weeks; if he is aware that at least five neighbours have had phones installed and they applied for and paid deposits after the person in question applied; and the reason his Department offered to return the deposit when he raised the question of the delay.
It was not possible to provide service at the same time as for other applicants in the area because of a fault in the cable. As a result of the diversion of the staff to repairs of flood damage etc., the cable in question has not been attended to. It is expected however that service will be provided in about a month. It is normal practice to offer a refund when the installation of the telephone cannot be completed within three months of date of payment. This will not delay further the provision of service.
653.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs how many times the telephone has been out of order in the past year in a case (details supplied) in County Dublin; the length of time on each occasion it has taken to repair and reconnect the line; the action he proposes to take to improve the situation to reduce the incidence of breakdowns; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
According to records, faults were reported on four occasions in the past 12 months. Two of the faults were repaired on the day they were reported. In the other two instances no faults were found when the line was tested. The line is now in good working order.
654.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of breakdowns involving more than one line that have taken place in the Blanchardstown area of County Dublin in the past year; the reasons for the number of incidents; the action he proposes to take to reduce the incidence of breakdowns; the average length of time it took to reconnect the broken lines in this area; the action he proposes to take to reduce this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Details of the number of breakdowns involving more than one line are not readily available and would take a disproportionate amount of time to obtain. I regret that there has been delay in repairing underground cable faults which require attention by specially trained staff, in the Dublin area generally, but there have been no special problems in the Blanchardstown area in the past 12 months. A special programme of preventive maintenance is in hands for the entire 01 area and this will improve the service gradually for all subscribers. If the Deputy will let me have details of specific complaints I will have them investigated.
655.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
Within about six months.
656.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is aware that the residents of St. Ronan's Park, Clondalkin, County Dublin, are anxious that the telephone box at the end of their park should be moved to a more central position in the park at a location which would not constitute a nuisance to any of the residents but which would be more convenient for them; and if in the circumstances he will issue the necessary instructions to have this done as soon as possible.
It is proposed to move the kiosk at St. Ronan's Avenue as soon as possible after the necessary consents have been obtained to an alternative site.
657.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will report on the complaints of a person (details supplied) in Dublin who paid for the installation of a telephone on 2 November 1981 which has never worked at any time since it was installed; if he is aware that notwithstanding this the subscriber has been debited a small sum for local calls and for six month's rental; and if he will now arrange to cancel this account altogether and arrange for this telephone line to be put in working order for the first time.
It is expected that service will be connected within about a month. Accounts will be adjusted to ensure that rental is charged only from the date of connection.
658.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who applied in 1976.
It is expected that service will be provided for the person named, whose application was recorded in February 1982, within about a year.
659.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when he expects to provide additional telephone lines in the Rathbeggan area of County Meath; the number of people awaiting attention in that area; and the nature of the works, if any, to be carried out before these applicants will have telephones.
There is no waiting application bearing a Rathbeggan address. If the Deputy can supply additional information further inquiries will be made.
660.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will comment on, and give his reasons for, the excessive delay by his Department in re-connecting a telephone for a person (details supplied) in Dublin having regard to the fact that repeated requests for service have been made over three years to his Department, that a telephone has been installed and that this only requires to be reconnected by his Department.
It has not been possible to provide service for the person named because a suitable cable pair is not available between the address and the telephone exchange.
661.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the telephone of a person (details supplied) in Dublin which has been out of order since December 1981 will be repaired as the loss of this telephone is seriously affecting his business.
Service has been restored.
662.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs whether he will accede to the request of a person (details supplied) in Dublin who has a coinbox in his home and who wishes to have the coinbox changed to a private telephone with an ex-directory number as both he and his wife are in employment which might leave them open to abuse.
The coinbox telephone will be replaced within about a month. The applicant's telephone number is already ex-directory.
663.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when telephone facilities will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if priority will be given to his application as the circumstances are urgent and as he is a prominent employer in the locality.
It is expected that telephone service will be provided within about a year. Priority will be given when the necessary plant is available.
664.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when telephone facilities will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
A measure of priority is given to applicants seeking a transfer of service. However, the best estimate that can be given at present is that service will be provided within about a year.
665.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be installed for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
666.
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.
It is not possible to provide service for the person named, who made application in November 1981, because of the large number of applications on hands in the area.
667.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the telephone exchange at Templetuohy, Thurles, County Tipperary, will be converted to automatic operation.
On the basis that the necessary building is provided to the time-scale now expected, conversion of Templetuohy telephone exchange to automatic working should be effected towards the end of next year.
668.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason a telephone has not been connected for a person (details supplied) in Dublin although she paid a deposit on 10 December 1981 and has been allotted a telephone number; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide telephone service for the person named so far because of the volume of engineering work on hands in the Dublin area. It is expected that service will be provided within about a month.
669.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a person who lives alone (details supplied) in Dublin who has been waiting for a telephone for six years and who is over 70 years old can hope to have the telephone installed.
Within about a year.
670.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs where in County Louth he is providing public telephone kiosks during 1982; and the locations where kiosks were erected in 1981.
It is planned to provide telephone kiosks at the following locations in 1982: Hale Street, Ardee; Fatima Housing Estate, Dundalk; Quay Street, Dundalk and Sheelagh.
Kiosks have already been erected this year and will be brought into service shortly at Ballymascanlon, Dromin, Dundalk (Bay Estate) and Lurgangreen, Dundalk: kiosks were provided in 1981 at Cocklehill, Kilsaren and Rathmore.
671.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin.
Within about six months.
672.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of applications received for private telephone service in the Brookfield Estate near Jobstown, Tallaght, County Dublin; and when service will be provided for these applicants.
There is only one application recorded for Brookfield Estate. It is expected that service will be provided next year.
673.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason for the delay in providing a telephone service for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; when service will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter in view of the fact that this application has been outstanding for five years.
It has not been possible to trace an application on behalf of the person named in the time available. If the Deputy can furnish additional information, e.g. when and where the application was made, further efforts will be made to trace it.
674.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
Within about a year.
675.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
676.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
677.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Service was provided in April 1981.
678.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
679.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
680.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
681.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin who suffers from arthritis.
Within about a year.
682.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Service was provided recently.
683.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
684.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
685.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Service was offered to this applicant in November 1981 but has not been accepted to date. A further offer of service is being made now.
686.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Service was offered to this applicant in October 1981 but has not been accepted to date. A further offer of service is being made now.
687.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
688.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
689.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
690.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
691.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
692.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
693.
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asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
694.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
695.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
696.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
697.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
698.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a school (details supplied) in Dublin.
Service was provided for the school some years ago.
699.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
700.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
701.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
702.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
The person named has had telephone service for many years.
703.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a month.
704.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
705.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
706.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
707.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
708.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a month.
709.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
710.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
711.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
712.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
713.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
714.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a month.
715.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about two months.
716.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be installed for an old age pensioner (details supplied) in Bray, County Wicklow.
Within about a year.
717.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason for the delay in providing a telephone for persons (details supplied) in Dublin; and when a telephone will be provided.
It has not been possible in the time available to trace an application by the person named. If the Deputy can supply additional information such as where the application was made and when, further inquiry will be made.