asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
Written Answers. - Telephone Service.
653.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied on 6 September 1976, because of the volume of engineering work on hands and requiring attention in the 01 area.
It is expected that service will be provided about the end of this year.
654.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied on 6 December 1979, because of the volume of engineering work requiring attention in the 01 area.
It is expected that service will be provided within about six months.
655.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied on 26 April 1980, 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 three months.
656.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied in October 1979, because of the volume of engineering work on hands and requiring attention in the 01 area.
It was expected that service would be provided about the middle of this year. Regrettably this will not be possible because of the need to divert construction staff to other urgent work. Present indications are that necessary engineering work will not be completed before the end of this year.
657.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied on 25 August 1980, 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.
658.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied in May 1982, because of the volume of engineering work on hands and requiring attention in the 01 area.
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.
659.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
Service has been provided for the person named.
660.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied in December 1982, 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.
661.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied on 17 July 1979, 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.
662.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied in July 1979, because of the volume of engineering work on hands and requiring attention in the 01 area.
Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that the necessary engineering work will be completed before the end of this year.
It had been expected that service would be provided earlier but regrettably this was not possible because of the need to divert staff to other urgent work.
663.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named who applied on 21 November 1979 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.
664.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied on 3 January 1979, 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.
665.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied on 20 February 1979, 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.
666.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible in the time available to trace an application on behalf of the person named. If the Deputy can furnish additional information e.g. when and where the application was made, further efforts will be made to trace it.
667.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied in November 1980, 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. It had been expected that service would be provided earlier but regrettably this was not possible because of the need to divert staff to other urgent work.
668.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named who applied on 30 August 1978 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.
669.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied in February 1980, 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.
670.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
Terms have been quoted to the person named, who applied in March 1982, and service will be provided for him within about three months after the necessary agreement has been signed.
It was not possible to provide service earlier because of the volume of engineering work on hands and requiring attention in the 01 area.
671.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied on 9 December 1982 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.
672.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied in July 1976, because of the volume of engineering work on hands and requiring attention in the 01 area.
It was expected that service would be provided earlier. Regrettably this was not possible because of the need to divert construction staff to other urgent work. Present indications are that necessary engineering work will not be completed until about the end of this year.
673.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied on 3 May 1979, 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.
674.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied on 19 September 1980, 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.
675.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied in January 1981, because of the volume of engineering work on hands and requiring attention in the 01 area.
It was expected that service would be provided about the middle of this year. Regrettably this will not be possible because of the need to divert construction staff to other urgent work. Present indications are that necessary engineering work will not be completed before the end of this year.
676.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied in September 1978, because of the volume of engineering work on hands and requiring attention in the 01 area.
It was expected that service would be provided about the middle of this year. Regrettably this will not be possible because of the need to divert construction staff to other urgent work. Present indications are that necessary engineering work will not be completed before the end of this year.
677.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 has been waiting for a telepone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied on 13 July 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.
678.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied in May 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.
679.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied on 4 March 1982, 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.
680.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied on 20 November 1980, 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.
681.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied on 30 August 1977, because of the volume of engineering work on hands and requiring attention in the 01 area.
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.
682.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named who applied in February 1980, 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.
683.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied in November 1979, 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.
684.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied on 7 December 1977, because of the volume of engineering work on hands and requiring attention in the 01 area.
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.
685.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied in August 1979, 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.
686.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied in August 1979, 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.
It had been expected that service would be provided earlier but regrettably this was not possible because of the need to divert staff to other urgent work.
687.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has been waiting for a telephone service; the reason for the delay; and when a telephone service will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named, who applied in March 1981, because of the volume of engineering work on hands and requiring attention in the 01 area.
It was expected that service would be provided about the middle of this year. Regrettably this will not be possible because of the need to divert construction staff to other urgent work. Present indications are that necessary engineering work will not be completed before the end of this year.
688.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is aware that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 is having difficulties with his telephone service; the reason for the delay in correcting this situation; and when a suitable telephone service and additional telephone lines will be provided.
There is no record of recent faults on the subscriber's line.
Additional telephone lines 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 end of this year.
689.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 has been waiting for additional telephone lines; the reason for the delay; and when the additional telephone lines will be provided.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the firm named, who applied in January 1981, because of the volume of engineering work on hands and requiring attention in the 01 area.
It is expected that four lines will be provided within about a month and that the balance of requirements will be met within about a year.
690.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a firm (details supplied) in Dublin 12.
Service will be provided for the firm named as soon as possible but it is unlikely that the necessary engineering work can be completed before the latter part of this year.
691.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the telephone of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 will be repaired as her telephone has been out of order for two weeks and the bill was recently paid in full.
Service will be restored within a few days.
692.
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.
Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that the necessary engineering work can be completed until early next year.
693.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be installed for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford.
Within about a year.
694.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be installed for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford.
Service has been provided.
695.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will take immediate action to restore to proper working order the pay-telephone in Ard Lorcan Estate, Kilmacud, Dublin, which has not worked since November 1982.
The kiosk at Ard Lorcan will be restored to proper working order as soon as the necessary engineering stores come to hand.
696.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for persons (details supplied) in Dublin 14.
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 County Dublin as he has been on the waiting list since 1978.
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.
698.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will arrange for the provision of extra telephone kiosks to service the community at Rivervalley-Rathingle, Swords, County Dublin.
It is planned to provide an additional kiosk to serve Rivervalley Estate-Rathingle, Swords. It will be provided as soon as possible after the necessary consents to a suitable site have been obtained.
699.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for applicants in the Rivervalley-Rathingle area of Swords, County Dublin, many of whom have been on the waiting list for a considerable time.
It is expected that service will be provided for applicants in the area named during the second half of this year.
700.
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 within about a year.
701.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will investigate the difficulties being experienced in relation to the telephone account by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Service was restored on this line on 4 May following payment of the account. The subscriber is being written to about the difficulties referred to.
702.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a public telephone kiosk will be provided for centres (details supplied) in County Galway.
The provision of telephone kiosks at Crimlin West and Gleann Treig are not considered warranted at present and it is therefore not proposed to provide kiosks at these locations.
It is planned to provide a telephone kiosk at Drisaghaun. However, the provision of a kiosk at this location requires the construction of a major new pole route in the area and it will be some considerable time before a kiosk can be provided there.
703.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath.
Service has been provided.
704.
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 e.g. when and where the application was made, further efforts will be made to trace it.
705.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who applied over six 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.
706.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if, in view of the fact that the telephone kiosk which is situated at present outside the Balrothery Community School, Tallaght, County Dublin is being continually vandalised, he will consider moving the kiosk into Balrothery Estate.
The question of resiting the kiosk at the Community School, Balrothery, is being examined. The Deputy will be communicated with as soon as the examination is completed.
707.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason for the delay in providing a telephone service for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin as he first applied for service in June 1978; and if it will be possible to provide service shortly.
It has not been possible to provide service so far for the person named 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.
708.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is aware that a public telephone kiosk in Annascaul Village, County Kerry, is out of order most of the time; and the steps he will take to ensure that it is kept in continuous operation.
The telephone kiosk at Annascaul Village is in working order at present and apart from a recent break in service caused by a cable fault, is normally in continuous operation.
This kiosk and others in the area are checked on a regular basis to ensure that they are maintained in good working order.
709.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who retired in 1983 following 52½ years' service as a postman with his Department is not in receipt of a pension.
The person mentioned was employed as an auxiliary postman; this grade is a part-time one and does not attract pension. The person concerned did, however, qualify for and was paid a gratuity on his retirement.
710.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry as he paid a deposit of £405 on 6 December 1982.
It is expected that service will be provided within about six weeks.
711.
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; and when service will be provided.
There is no record of an application for telephone service having been received from the person named.
712.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the free telephone rental scheme.
Service will be provided as soon as possible for the person named but it is unlikely that the necessary engineering work can be completed before the end of this year.