asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be installed for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin as she has been on the waiting list for some time.
Written Answers. - Telephone Service.
649.
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.
650.
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 for a number of years.
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.
651.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when extra telephones will be provided for a firm (details supplied) in Dublin 3 as they have been on the waiting list for a considerable time.
It has not been possible in the time available to trace an application bearing the name quoted. If the Deputy can furnish additional information, for example, when and where the application was made further inquiry will be made.
652.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason a telephone service has not been installed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as he paid for service on 13 March 1983 and requires service immediately.
It had been expected that service would be provided within about three months from the date of the advance payment. Regrettably, this was not possible. It is expected that service will be provided within about two months.
653.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will make arrangements to have the telephone kiosk which was recently removed from Knockmore Estate, Tallaght, County Dublin, replaced immediately.
It is planned to replace the kiosk at Knockmore Estate. The kiosk was removed as it was in a dangerous condition because of excessive vandalism and the question of an alternative site for the kiosk is at present being considered.
654.
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.
655.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway.
Within about six months.
656.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will arrange to have the two public telephones in Killinarden Estate, Tallaght, County Dublin, repaired immediately.
The kiosk in the Killinarden estate was restored to service on 20 June 1983.
The question of resiting the second kiosk on the perimeter of the estate is being examined with a view to reducing the incidence of vandalism to which it has been subjected.
657.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when his Department propose to resite a telephone kiosk in a location (details supplied) in County Dublin which has already been agreed.
The kiosk at Stradbrook Gardens will be resited as soon as the necessary kiosk structure becomes available.
658.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a faulty telephone service will be rectified for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford.
Service has been restored and a special check is being kept on the subscriber's line.
659.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be connected and installed for a person (details supplied) in County Galway who lives alone.
Within about a year.
660.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will state in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11, the occasions on which his telephone has been out of order from 1979 to date; the duration of each breakdown; and if he will guarantee that the present breakdown will be attended to immediately.
The dates and durations of outages from 1980 to date are as shown on the schedule below.
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1980 |
Reported 3 September |
Cleared 8 September |
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Reported 30 October |
Cleared Same day |
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Reported 14 November |
Cleared Same day |
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Reported 11 December |
Cleared Same day |
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1981 |
Reported 7 January |
Cleared Same day |
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1982 |
Reported 11 June |
Cleared Same day |
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Reported 1 July |
Cleared Same day |
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Reported 22 July |
Cleared Same day |
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Reported 10 August |
Cleared Same day |
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Reported 8 November |
Cleared Same day |
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1983 |
Reported 24 May |
Underground cable fault expected to be cleared within a few days. |
Note: Records for 1979 are no longer available.
661.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone kiosk and service will be provided for Galbally, County Wexford, as the local authority have approved a site.
It had been planned to provide a kiosk at Galbally. However, the programme for the provision of rural kiosks is under review at present in the light of the financial position generally and it is not possible at this stage to say when a kiosk will be provided at the location in question.
662.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is aware of an application for a transfer of telephone service for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 and that this application was made over eighteen months ago; and if a telephone service will be provided in the very near future.
A transfer of telephone 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 end of this year.