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asked the Minister for Tourism and Transport if he will give details of the revenue received by the Meteorological Service for each of the years 1985 to 1988, inclusive, in respect of weather forecast services supplied to local and national newspapers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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asked the Minister for Tourism and Transport if he will give details of the number of calls which were recorded for the years 1985 to 1988 inclusive, in respect of the automatic Telecom Éireann weather report telephone service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 57 and 58 together.
It would take a considerable number of man hours to extract the extra information sought and provide a further breakdown of information supplied in answer to a question from the Deputy on 7 February 1989 (Official Debates, Cols. 1478-1480). Receipts from newspapers are at present about £13,000 per annum.
Calls made to the automatic telephone weather service were as follows: 1985, 1,895,260; 1986, 1,928,394; 1987, 1,769,258; 1988, 1,999,471.
