asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when terms will be quoted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois for a telephone service as she applied three years ago and lives alone.
Written Answers . - Telephone Service .
685.
: Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that the necessary engineering work can be completed before the end of this year.
686.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be connected for a person (details supplied) in Dublin, 5.
: Terms have been quoted to the person named and service will be provided within about three months after the necessary agreement has been signed.
687.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will state in respect of day-time and night-time telephonists (a) the number dismissed from his Department in 1980, 1981 and 1982; (b) the number required to resign from his Department in 1980, 1981 and 1982; (c) the number at present under notice of dismissal or who have been requested to resign in 1983 to date for record purposes; and (d) the total number that will be required by his Department on a protracted basis yearly up to 1989.
: The information is as follows:
(a) Number of Telephonists and Night Telephonists dismissed.
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1980 |
1981 |
1982 |
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|
Telephonists |
7 |
3 |
9 |
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Night Telephonists |
9 |
4 |
5 |
(b) Number of Telephonists and Night Telephonists required to resign.
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1980 |
1981 |
1982 |
|
|
Telephonists |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
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Night Telephonists |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
(c) Number of Telephonists and Night Telephonists presently under notice of dismissal or required to resign in 1983: Telephonists — 4; Night Telephonists — 3.
(d) The total numbers of day telephone and night telephone operating staff required at the commencement of the current year were 3,300 and 1,970 respectively; the requirements for later years are dependent on the effect of a number of factors such as extension of automatic working, improvement in the telephone network and introduction of new services, and it would not be possible to forecast these accurately at this stage.
688.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the exchange at Araglin, Kilworth, County Cork, will be converted to the direct dialling system, code 058; the reasons for the delay as a commitment was given that the area would be automatic 12 months ago; and if he will consider transferring the Araglin area to the Fermoy exchange, code 025 as it would be more relevant.
: It is expected that Araglin exchange will be converted to automatic working in 1984. The equipment at Araglin will work through a new digital trunk switching exchange to be provided at Dungarvan. This is the most economical and practical means of providing automatic service for the area. Under automatic conditions, Araglin subscribers will have the facility of direct dialling to the Fermoy (025) area at the local call charge rate.
Earlier forecasts for introduction of automatic service at Araglin have proven unattainable because of the magnitude of the overall telecommunications development programme.
689.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry as there is a telephone pole and a line outside his home.
: It is expected that service will be provided for the person named about the end of this year.
690.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry.
: It is expected that service will be provided about the end of this year.
691.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the applicants for telephone service in the Scartaglen area of County Kerry will be facilitated.
: Applications on hands will be met progressively over the next 12 months.
692.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason for the long delay in providing a telephone service 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.
693.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will make arrangements to improve the telephone service for the Cromane/Caragh Lake area of County Kerry; if the telephone service in this district will be automated; and if he is prepared to increase the staff in Caragh Lake post office.
: Service will be improved in about three months time with the provision of additional trunk lines to relieve congestion. It will be further improved in the first quarter of 1984 on conversion of Caragh Lake Exchange to automatic working. Existing staffing arrangements are considered adequate at present.
694.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will arrange for the erection, as a matter of urgency, of a public telephone kiosk adjacent to the home of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry.
: My Department are at present studying the feasibility of providing a telephone kiosk at Cromane Lower under the guarantee scheme. The Deputy will be communicated with when the result of the study is completed.
695.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone kiosk will be erected to service Scarteen Park, Kenmare, County Kerry, as it is required urgently.
: It is expected that the kiosk at Scarteen Park, Kenmare, will be provided by the end of the second quarter of 1983. The delay in providing the kiosk has been due to a shortage of engineering stores which have now become available.
696.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided, under the free telephone rental scheme, for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry as she lives alone and has been waiting for a telephone since February 1982; and if he is aware that the next nearest house and next nearest telephone is three-quarters of a mile away.
: The free telephone rental scheme is administered by the Department of Social Welfare. That Department have not advised my Department that the person named has been approved for inclusion in the scheme.
697.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the present position regarding the proposed erection of a telephone kiosk in the Maharees, County Kerry at a point which is about four miles from Castlegregory village where the nearest telephone service is available.
: It is planned to provide a telephone kiosk at Fahamore, Castlegregory. The kiosk will be provided as soon as possible after the necessary engineering stores become available.
698.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will arrange to have a public telephone kiosk erected in each of the following housing estates in Killarney town: (a) Ballyspillane, (b) Pinewood, (c) Ardshanavooley, (d) Park Road Estate, (e) Woodlawn Park and (f) Countess Grove Estate particularly in view of the fact that telephone kiosks erected in such estates would be protected from vandalism by the local residents' associations and the maintenance cost would be at a minimum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
: It is planned to provide a telephone kiosk to serve Ballyspillane housing estate. It is not planned to provide telephone kiosks at Pinewood, Park Road Estate, Ardshanavooley, Woodlawn Park or Countess Grove Estate which are all served by existing telephone kiosks within a few hundred yards of each estate. It is considered that the cost of replacing existing kiosks, within the estates would not be offset by any reduction in the vandalism to which they are subjected.
699.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will ensure that the public telephone kiosk at Park Road, Killarney, County Kerry, is maintained in good order; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
: The kiosk at Park Road has been subjected to heavy vandalism. It is planned to replace the existing kiosk with a new aluminium type structure which it is hoped will reduce the amount of vandalism to which it is subjected.
700.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will arrange to erect, as a matter of extreme urgency, a public telephone kiosk at Iveragh Park, Killorglin, County Kerry, to service the 57 houses in this estate which also includes 15 houses for elderly persons.
: It is planned to provide an additional kiosk to serve Killorglin. When a site is being selected the needs of the Iveragh Park area will be borne in mind.
701.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, in view of the serious circumstances of his case.
: A survey is being carried out to ascertain when it will be possible to provide service for the person named. The applicant will be contacted as soon as the survey is completed.
702.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who applied approximately five years ago.
: Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that the necessary engineering work can be completed before the latter part of this year.
703.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin, 9 as he applied over four years ago.
: Service will be provided for the person named as soon as possible but it is unlikely that the necessary engineering work can be completed before the latter part of this year.
704.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be installed for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6.
: It is expected that service will be provided for the person named within about two months.
705.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be installed for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.
: Service will be provided for the person named as soon as possible but it is unlikely that the necessary engineering work will be completed before the latter part of this year.
706.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will state in regard to the application for a telephone service by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9, how long this applicant has been waiting for service; the reason for the delay in providing service; and when service will be provided.
: It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied on 11 September 1981, because of the volume of engineering work on hands and requiring attention in the 01 area.
It is expected that service will be provided within about a year.
707.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will arrange to have a telephone service provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny as the application has been made for some time; and when service will be provided.
: Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that the necessary enginerring work will be completed before the latter part of this year.
708.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will arrange for the provision of an extra line or at least a single channel carrier for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin.
: An additional telephone line will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so before the latter part of this year.
709.
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.