Telephone service waiting list

Summary

About 41,000 applicants were awaiting telephone service at the end of September 1976. The Minister said the list was declining, down from 42,600 at the end of 1975, and had peaked.

Tom J. Fitzpatrick Mr. T.J. Fitzpatrick Fianna Fáil

(Dublin Central) asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of applicants awaiting telephone service on the latest date available.

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Conor Cruise-O'Brien Dr. Cruise-O'Brien Labour Party

About 41,000 at the end of September, 1976.

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Tom J. Fitzpatrick Mr. T.J. Fitzpatrick Fianna Fáil

(Dublin Central): Could the Minister state if the waiting list is on the decline or on the increase?

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Conor Cruise-O'Brien Dr. Cruise-O'Brien Labour Party

It is on the decline.

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Tom J. Fitzpatrick Mr. T.J. Fitzpatrick Fianna Fáil

(Dublin Central): Would the Minister state what were the figures for the previous 12 months?

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Conor Cruise-O'Brien Dr. Cruise-O'Brien Labour Party

At the end of 1975 it was 42,600, and the figure I have here is the latest figure available. It has just about peaked and is on its way down.

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