asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the telephone kiosk at Scramogue Church, County Roscommon will be operational.
Written Answers. - Telephone Service.
240.
It is expected that the kiosk will be brought into service within the next two months or so.
241.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will expedite the provision of a telephone kiosk approved for the Abbey, Cloontuskert, County Roscommon.
The Abbey, Cloontuskert, Co. Roscommon, is not included in this years programme. Its claims will be considered in due course when the 1984 kiosk programme is being drawn up.
242.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be transferred for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin.
It is expected that a removal of service will be provided for the person named within about a month. I very much regret the delay. However, by the end of 1984 the vast majority of telephone applications will be met on demand.
243.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if, in view of the special circumstances, he will agree to allocate a new telephone number to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin.
Arrangements are being made to give the subscriber another number.
244.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will ensure that a telephone service is repaired immediately for a firm (details supplied) in County Dublin in view of the serious damage being caused to their business by the lack of a telephone service.
Service will be restored within a week.
245.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be installed for persons (details supplied) in County Wexford who are elderly and live alone.
It is expected that telephone service will be provided for the persons named during the first half of next year.
I very much regret the delay. However, by the end of 1984 the vast majority of telephone applications will be met on demand.
246.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Meath, whose business has been seriously affected by lack of service.
Service will be provided for the person named as soon as it is possible to do so but it is unlikely that the necessary cabling can be completed before the first half of next year.
I very much regret the delay. However, by the end of 1984 the vast bulk of applications will be met on demand.
248.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason for the delay in transferring a telephone service for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who was informed in August 1981 that his case would be expedited before the end of 1983.
It is regretted that it has not been possible to meet this application so far because of the volume of engineering work on hands and requiring attention in the 01 area.
The objective of the Department's current telephone development programme is to provide a fully satisfactory telephone service nationally in terms of both quality and availability by the end of 1984 and it is expected that service will be provided for the person named during the first half of next year.
It was expected that the necessary engineering works to enable this application to be met would be completed earlier. Unfortunately this was not possible because of a need to divert staff to other urgent work.