asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs why Dublin subscribers telephoning numbers commencing with the digit 5 on the morning of 6th August last received an engaged tone on dialling the first digit.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Dublin Telephone Fault.
85.
Mr. Ryan
As dialled telephone calls are worked by automatic processes, it is not possible to say how the difficulty referred to by the Deputy arose. It could have been caused by temporary congestion or by a fault in some part of the equipment.