Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 December 2007
607 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has carried out a study of opening hours of public offices under the control or remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31998/07]
Amharc ar fhreagra609 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the opening hours of his Department’s public offices and public phone lines and if they close for lunch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32048/07]
Amharc ar fhreagra610 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the opening hours for the public offices and telephone lines and if they close for lunch for each of the agencies and State bodies that are under the control of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32063/07]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 607, 609 and 610 together.
My Department's offices at Adelaide Road, Leeson Lane, Geological Survey of Ireland Beggars Bush and Cavan are open to the public from 9.15 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Monday to Thursday and from 9.15 a.m. to 5.15 p.m. on Fridays. Following a recent study of the demands on the Department's telephone switch, its times of operation have been extended to 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The public office opening hours and operational time of the telephone switch for the agencies is an operational matter for those agencies in which I have no function.
