asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the earliest date for the provision of an automatic telephone system in the Lisdoonvarna and Searriff areas of County Clare.
Written Answers. - Telephone Service.
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Lisdoonvarna and Scarriff exchanges are not included in current automatisation programmes, but are included in plans for a follow-on programme. However, these plans are not sufficiently advanced at this stage to enable reliable estimates of conversion dates to be given. A tentative forecast is for conversion of these exchanges about four years hence.
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asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the earliest date for the provision of an automatic telephone system in the Gort and Portumna areas of County Galway.
Gort and Portumna exchanges are not included in current automatisation programmes. Gort is, however, included in plans for a follow-on programme, but these plans are not sufficiently advanced at this stage to enable reliable estimates of conversion dates to be given. A tentative forecast is for conversion of these exchanges about four or five years hence.