asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will arrange to have a telephone provided for a person (details supplied) who needs it urgently.

Service cannot be provided at present because of a shortage of equipment at the local telephone exchange. It is expected that a new exchange will be installed towards the end of this year and the applicant concerned will be given service shortly after that.

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asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the telephone kiosk proposed for Lisserlough post office, Boyle, will be erected.

There are no plans at present to erect a telephone kiosk at this location as provision of one there is not regarded as warranted.