asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will state (1) the number of telephones at present in use in (a) private residences; and (b) business premises; (2) the number of telephone calls made during the year 1947 distinguishing between local and trunk calls and giving the latter under the following heads: (a) internal, and (b) external (inward and outward).
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Telephone Statistics.
The information requested is as follows:—
(1) Number of telephones on 31st May, 1948: (a) residence, 11,800; (b) business, 49,780.
(2) Telephone calls for the year ending 31st December, 1947: local calls, 54,000,000; trunk calls (a) internal, 6,867,000; (b) external (1) inward, 617,000 (estimated); (2) outward, 595,000.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will state the number of applications for telephones: (a) for private residences; and (b) for business premises on hands at 1st June, 1948.
The number of applications for telephones on hands at 1st June, 1948, was (a) 2,761 for private residences, and (b) 3,560 for business premises.