asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will investigate the telephone accounts received by a person (details supplied) in Dublin which he states are greatly in excess of the amount due as fewer telephone calls have been made from his home than the number for which he has been billed; the nature of the investigation conducted by his Department into the complaints; and if no action will be taken to discontinue the telephone service made available at this address until the matter has been satisfactorily resolved.
Written Answers. - Telephone Service.
666.
The accounts in this case have been re-checked and found to be correct as issued. The meter and associated equipment were also checked and no fault was found which would cause over-recording.
As a full investigation has now been carried out payment of the outstanding amount of £74.80 should be made in order to ensure continuance of service.
667.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be restored to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3, as it has been out of order for over six weeks.
Service has been restored.
668.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if there will be any undue delay in installing a telephone for a person (details supplied) in Enfield, County Meath, now that the telephone exchange in Enfield recently went automatic.
There will be no undue delay.
669.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the telephone kiosk in Baconstown, Enfield, County Meath, will be erected.
The provision of a public telephone kiosk at Baconstown, Enfield, is not regarded as warranted at present and it is not proposed therefore to provide one there.
670.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when cable will be provided in Coolock village, Dublin 5, as business and traders there have been waiting four years for lines.
Within about six months.
671.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of telephones that will be installed in 1983; and when telephones will be made available on demand.
It is expected that between 70,000 and 75,000 telephones will be connected in 1983.
Telephones are already available on demand in many areas of the country. The position will improve gradually until service will be available on demand throughout the country by about the end of 1984.
672.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of telephone applications in (a) the Dublin area; (b) the rest of the country; and (c) the Dublin 12 area.
(a) 46,000; (b) 24,000; (c) The information is not readily available. However, it may help the Deputy to know that Dublin 12 area is served largely by Walkinstown exchange and that there are some 3,000 applications outstanding in the Walkinstown exchange area.
673.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of telephone accounts cancelled for 1981 and in the last year for which figures are available.
The numbers of telephone lines ceased by subscribers was as follows:—1981, 4,666; 1982, 4,135.
674.
(Limerick West) asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a public telephone kiosk will be erected at Glenesheen, Ardpatrick, County Limerick.
It had been planned to provide a kiosk at Glenesheen, Ardpatrick. However the programme for the provision of rural kisoks is under review in the light of the financial position generally and it is not possible at this stage to say when a kiosk will be provided at the location in question.
675.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when Cong telephone exchange, County Galway, will become automatic.
The conversion of Cong telephone exchange to automatic working is dependent on the prior provision of a new digital trunk switching exchange at Castlebar, for which a major building extension is required.
The Office of Public Works expect to place a contract shortly for the necessary building, construction of which will take 12 months. On this basis it seems unlikely that conversion of Cong exchange can be effected until about the end of next year.
676.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be installed for a person (details supplied) in County Meath, as he has now been waiting three years for service.
Within about six months.
677.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if it is possible to make reverse charge calls to coin operated telephones from such places as the USA and Libya.
Calls to coinbox telephones in Ireland from foreign countries are prohibited by agreement with the countries concerned.
678.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5.
Service will be provided as soon as possible for the person named but it is unlikely that the necessary engineering work will be completed before the end of the year.
679.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be transferred for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin as he applied several months ago.
It has not been possible to trace an application on the lines quoted. If the Deputy can furnish additional information e.g. where and when the application was made further inquiry will be made.
680.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway.
Within about two months.