asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Ranelagh, Dublin.
Written Answers. - Telephone Service.
561.
Within about two months.
562.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Walkinstown, Dublin.
Within about a year.
563.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
564.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about six months.
565.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Drimnagh, Dublin.
Within about a year.
566.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Rialto, Dublin.
Within about a year.
567.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Drimnagh, Dublin.
Within about a year.
568.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12.
Within about a year.
569.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12.
Within about a year.
570.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Crumlin, Dublin.
Within about a year.
571.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Crumlin, Dublin.
Within about a year.
572.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a public telephone service will be provided in an area (details supplied) in Drimnagh, Dublin.
It is planned to provide an additional telephone kiosk at Errigal Road.
Because of the big number of kiosks included in the current programme it is likely that the proposed kiosk will not be provided for some time.
573.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in The Coombe, Dublin.
It has not been possible to trace an application on behalf of the person named. If the Deputy can furnish additional information about the application, for example, when and where it was made, further efforts will be made to trace it.
574.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6.
Within about a year.
575.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12.
Within about a year.
576.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12.
Service was provided for this applicant about two months ago.
577.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Walkinstown, Dublin.
Within about a year.
578.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12.
Service has been provided but there is a fault affecting outgoing service. The fault will be repaired within the next few days.
579.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for persons (details supplied) in Drimnagh, Dublin.
Within about a year.
580.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a hospital (details supplied) in Crumlin, Dublin.
The hospital named already has telephone service. The Department have been requested to replace the manual switchboard there by a modern PABX and it is expected that this will be done within the next three months.
581.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Drimnagh, Dublin.
Within about a year.
582.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12.
Within about a year.
583.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for persons (details supplied) in Drimnagh, Dublin 12.
Within about a year.
584.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12.
Within about a year.
585.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Drimnagh, Dublin.
It has not been possible to trace an application on behalf of the person named. If the Deputy can furnish additional information about the application, for example, when and where it was made, further efforts will be made to trace it.
586.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Bluebell, Dublin.
Within about a year.
587.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12.
Within about a year.
588.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8.
Within about a year.
589.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Crumlin, Dublin.
Within about a year.
590.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Walkinstown, Dublin.
Within about a year.
591.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Crumlin, Dublin.
Within about a month.
592.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12.
Within about a year.
593.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Perrystown, Dublin.
Within about a year.
594.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Terenure, Dublin 6.
Service has been provided for this applicant.
595.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Crumlin, Dublin.
Within about a year.
596.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12.
Service was offered but was not accepted.
597.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Drimnagh, Dublin.
Telephone service has been provided for this applicant.
598.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Drimnagh, Dublin.
Service was provided in April 1981.
599.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin.
Within about a year.
600.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Drimnagh, Dublin.
Within about a year.
601.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Drimnagh, Dublin.
Within about a year.
602.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Drimnagh, Dublin.
Within about a year.
603.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Kimmage, Dublin.
Within about six months.
604.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Drimnagh, Dublin.
Within about a year.
605.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dolphin's Barn, Dublin.
It has not been possible to trace an application by the person named. If the Deputy can furnish additional details such as when and where the application was made further inquiry will be made.
606.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Crumlin, Dublin.
It has not been possible to trace an application on behalf of the person named. If the Deputy can furnish additional information about the application, for example, when and where it was made, further efforts will be made to trace it.
607.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will take whatever steps are necessary to restore a telephone service to a person (details supplied) in Dublin who operates his business from his home as his line is at present out of order and was out of order on a number of previous occasions.
The fault, which is in the underground cable, will be repaired within the next few days. Because of the number of such faults, which require attention by specially trained staff, I regret that there has been delay in repairing them.
608.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will provide a telephone service for a person (details supplied) in Templeogue, Dublin; and if he will explain the delay in providing such a service having regard to the fact that the applicant applied for a transfer of service some time ago, that both addresses are serviced by the same telephone exchange and that the two houses are only a short distance apart.
Service will be provided within the next month or so. It was not possible to provide service earlier because of a shortage of engineering plant to serve the new address and the large volume of engineering work on hands and requiring attention in the Dublin area.
609.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be installed for a person (details supplied) in County Galway.
Within about two months.
610.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a company (details supplied) in Dublin will (a) receive a transfer of telephone lines and eight additional lines, and (b) have the existing line which is crossed with that of another firm repaired; and if his Department will give a temporary line from the burnt-out building next door.
Telephone service at the address quoted has been transferred to the company named.
Additional lines will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so before the end of the year.
The fault on an existing line will be repaired within the next few days.
It is not possible to give a temporary line from the burnt-out building next door because there is no spare cable there.
611.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when an applicant (details supplied) in Baldoyle, Dublin will be provided with a telephone service.
Within about a month.
612.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will provide a telephone extension or a new line for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7.
It has not been possible to trace an application on behalf of the person named. If the Deputy can furnish additional information about the application, for example, when and where it was made, further efforts will be made to trace it.
613.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if, in view of the fact that the telephone of a person (details supplied) in Dublin was installed last October and is not yet working, he will arrange for the telephone to be connected immediately; the reasons for the delay in connecting the telephone; the reason in this and in many other cases his Department are offering after months have elapsed to refund money to persons whose telephones have been installed but not connected; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Service has been provided.
It was not possible to provide service earlier because of a fault on the cable.
It is normal practice to offer a refund when the installation of the telephone cannot be completed within three months of date of payment; this does not add to the time taken to provide service.
614.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if, in view of the facts of a case (details supplied) in County Dublin, he will now make arrangements for a telephone rental rebate to be paid.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin; and the reason for the delay.
It has not been possible to provide service so far because of the large volume of engineering work requiring attention in Dublin. It is expected that service will be provided within about a year.
616.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is aware that none of the public telephones in the Neilstown area of Clondalkin, County Dublin are working; and if he will take immediate steps to have them repaired.
The kiosk at Neilstown Road has been examined and found to be in working order. The kiosk at St. Mark's Gardens, Neilstown has been demolished by vandals and the question of re-providing it on a suitable alternative site is under active consideration.
617.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is aware that workmen from his Department dug three holes in the footpath outside a house (details supplied) in County Dublin some time ago leaving the footpath in a very dangerous condition which is particularly serious at night; if immediate steps will be taken to put guards on the holes or to have them re-filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
The excavations in question were not made by staff of my Department.
618.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is aware that an applicant (details supplied) in Dublin is waiting six years for a telephone; if he will give priority to this application; and, if so, when the application will be met.
It is expected that service will be provided for the person named, who made application in July 1978, within about a year.
It has not been possible in the time available to research the priority aspect. However, if the Deputy can furnish any information in this regard it will be examined.
619.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a person (details supplied) in Inchicore, Dublin who has paid for her telephone will have the telephone connected and installed.
Within about two months.
620.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Inchicore, Dublin; and the reason for the delay.
Within about a year.
The application was received in 1981. It cannot be met any earlier because of a shortage of engineering plant to serve the area and the volume of applications on hands.
621.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when he plans to provide additional cabling and other engineering works in the Ashbourne area of County Meath to enable the remaining applicants for telephones there to have telephones connected.
About the middle of next year.
622.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the engineering work required to provide additional telephones in the Parnell Park area of Navan, County Meath; the number of applicants waiting for attention there; and when the work is expected to be completed so that these applicants can have service.
Underground ducting and cabling is expected to be completed within about a year. There are 14 waiting applications at Parnell Park.
623.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if there are plans to lay a main cable from Kilcock on the Kilglynn Road to enable telephone applications to be met in the Kilglynn, Balfeighan, Ferrans and Gallow areas of County Meath; if so, when the cable will be laid; and the number of applications that will be met as a result.
Yes. It is expected that the work will be carried out next year. When it is completed it will be possible to attend to some 15 waiting applications.
624.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when he expects to carry out the additional engineering work which is necessary to enable applications for telephones in the village of Dunboyne, County Meath, to be met; and the nature of the works involved.
Local cabling work is expected to be completed next year.
625.
Mr. Bruton
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs his plans to carry out additional engineering work to enable applicants for telephones in the Culmullen, Cultromer, Woodtown and Curraghtown areas near Drumree, County Meath, to have telephones connected; the nature of the works involved; and when they will be completed.
The necessary engineering work including cabling and cable distribution is expected to be completed next year.
626.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of applicants waiting for telephone service in the Greenogue area near Ashbourne, County Meath; the further engineering works required to meet these applications; and when these works will be completed.
There are seven waiting applications bearing Greenogue addresses. Large-scale cabling work is required in order to meet these applications and it is expected that it will be carried out next year.