Telephone rental subsidy uptake

Summary

The Minister reports 6,080 applications from qualified people and says 1,400 have had telephones installed. Bruton criticises the low proportion; the Minister attributes delays to an industrial dispute.

John Bruton Mr. Bruton Fine Gael

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of old age pensioners who have availed of the telephone rental subsidy since its introduction and who did not have a telephone when the subsidy was introduced.

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

(Dublin South-Central): The number of qualified persons who have applied is 6,080.

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John Bruton Mr. Bruton Fine Gael

What number have had their telephones installed? They can hardly avail of the subsidy until the telephones are installed. The Minister said that 6,080 have applied. How many people have actually got their telephones?

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

(Dublin South-Central): The number is 1,400.

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John Bruton Mr. Bruton Fine Gael

That is not many when over 6,000 have applied. This means that only one-sixth of the people who have applied have got telephones.

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

(Dublin South-Central): The Deputy must appreciate that there was an industrial dispute.

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