asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is aware that there is great need for a telephone kiosk at Douglas, County Cork; and, if so, whether he will take steps to ensure that one is provided there without delay.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Provision of Telephone Kiosks.
Provision has been made in the current year's engineering programme for the erection of a kiosk in this area, and it is hoped to do this work within the next four months.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will consider having a telephone kiosk erected at Mitchelstown during the present financial year.
The provision of a telephone kiosk at Mitchelstown is included in the programme for the current financial year.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs whether he will consider having a public telephone installed at Kildimo Post Office in the near future.
A public telephone call office will be installed at Kildimo Post Office as part of the Department's scheme to provide a public telephone at every post office which has not this facility. Owing, however, to heavy arrears of other construction work—particularly the clearance of waiting applications for telephone service—it has been necessary to suspend work on the call office programme for the present, and it will therefore be some time before a public telephone can be provided at Kildimo Post Office.
What does "some time" mean? Does it mean three, six or 12 months?
It means by the time that we have all the arrears in connection with the telephone work completed. It will probably be January. We hope to have the arrears, which number 10,000, cleared off by then.