asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if, in view of the facts of a case (details supplied) in Ballyfermot, Dublin he will grant the applicant priority for a telephone and, if so, when a telephone service will be provided.
Written Answers. - Telephone Service.
740.
Service will be provided on a priority basis as soon as possible. Regrettably, however, the necessary cabling work is unlikely to be completed until about the end of the year.
741.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin.
Within about a year.
742.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if a telephone service has yet been provided for a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who has been seeking service since March 1977.
Service was provided for the person named in December 1981.
743.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is aware that a person (details supplied) in Dublin was interviewed for the post of trainee installer in his Department last June and so far has heard nothing; whether the applicant was successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
I am aware that the person named was interviewed for appointment as trainee installer in my Department. He did not obtain a high enough position on the order of merit in the competition to be offered appointment; he has been informed accordingly.
744.
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.
745.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin as his wife's employment requires that she be on call.
Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so for about a year.
746.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when telephone service will be restored to a subscriber (details supplied) in Dublin.
Service has been restored.
747.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
In about a year.
748.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who applied almost three years ago.
Within about a year. The application was received in October 1980.
749.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the additional engineering work, involving cabling, which is necessary to enable telephone applications to be met in the Piercetown area of Dunboyne, County Meath will be carried out.
Within about a year.
750.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin.
Service will be provided as soon as possible. Regrettably however it is unlikely that the necessary cabling can be completed until about the end of the year.
751.
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.
752.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be installed for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who is an old age pensioner living alone.
Within about 3 months.
753.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry.
It has not been possible to trace an application on behalf of the person named. If the Deputy can furnish additional information, for example, when and where the application was made, further efforts will be made to trace it.
754.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway.
It has not been possible to trace an application on behalf of the person named. If the Deputy can furnish additional information about the application, for example, when and where it was made, further efforts will be made to trace it.
755.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3, who was granted a free rental allowance by his Department for a year and a half and who is still waiting for service; and if priority will be given to this applicant as the circumstances are urgent.
Service will be provided on a priority basis as soon as possible.
Regrettably, however, it is unlikely that the necessary cabling work can be completed for about a year.
756.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is aware of the anxiety expressed by persons (details supplied) in Dublin who are greatly disatisfied with accounts which they received recently; and if he will arrange that they be interviewed at an early opportunity so that this matter can be resolved satisfactorily.
So far as I am aware, there is no current correspondence from either subscriber about his account. The Department is, of course, anxious to help subscribers who have difficulties over their accounts, and if the two subscribers in question call to the Telephone Accounts Inquiries Office at 27 North Frederick St., Dublin 1, every effort will be made to resolve whatever problems they may have.
575.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will have the concern expressed by a person (details supplied) in Dublin regarding her telephone account investigated as a matter of urgency.
This is being done.