asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he has any plans to provide a public telephone kiosk within the Corbawn housing development in Shankill, County Dublin, and when such a kiosk will be provided.

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asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the distance from the furthest house in the Corbawn housing development, Shankill, County Dublin, to the public phone kiosk recently established adjacent to the Rathsallagh housing estate.

(Dublin South-Central): I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to take Questions Nos. 7 and 8 together.

There are no plans to provide a telephone kiosk within the Corbawn housing development as the provision of a further kiosk in the general area is not regarded as warranted at present. The distance from the furthest house in the Corbawn housing development to the public phone kiosk near the Rathsallagh housing estate is 1,000 metres.

Is the Minister not aware that the failure to provide a public telephone service in this area where there are no private phones is leading to discontent which is bordering on apoplexy and is he further aware that the latest public kiosk provided is further from the Corbawn housing estate than the one which is already in situ?

(Dublin South-Central): My information is that a telephone kiosk was installed on 5 February at the most convenient point for the Corbawn residents.

Is the Minister aware that existing kiosks in this area are subject to considerable vandalism and is he satisfied that appropriate arrangements are being made to ensure that they are in service at all reasonable times?

(Dublin South-Central): I have not been informed that they have been vandalised.

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