asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has been waiting 13 years to have a telephone service provided.
Written Answers. - Telephone Service.
304.
I understand fully the frustration felt at the delay in providing telephones. Regrettably, however, this application which was received in January 1981 cannot be met until necessary additional engineering work is carried out.
The objective of the Department's current telephone development programme is to provide a fully satisfactory telephone service nationally in terms of both quality and availability by the end of 1984 and it is expected that service will be provided for the person named during the first half of next year.
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asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be repaired for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 as it has been out of order since 15 August.
Service has been restored.
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asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 as she lives alone and applied for a telephone last May.
Terms have been quoted to the person named and it is expected that service will be provided within about three months after the necessary agreement has been signed.