Telephone Service Recovery

Summary

The Minister said postal services were back to normal and telephone service was nearly there; the Chair ruled the exchange irrelevant to the question.

Gerald L'Estrange Mr. L'Estrange Fine Gael

Is the Minister saying that the telephone service is back to normal?

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Padraig Faulkner Mr. Faulkner Fianna Fáil

The postal service is.

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Gerald L'Estrange Mr. L'Estrange Fine Gael

Have we not got the worst telephone service in the world, worse than the service in any banana republic?

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Padraig Faulkner Mr. Faulkner Fianna Fáil

It is on the verge of being back to normal.

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Gerald L'Estrange Mr. L'Estrange Fine Gael

On the verge.

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Joseph Brennan An Ceann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

Order. This is totally irrelevant.

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Gerald L'Estrange Mr. L'Estrange Fine Gael

The Chair allowed the Minister to go on for about two-and-a-half minutes.

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Padraig Faulkner Mr. Faulkner Fianna Fáil

If the Deputy had not raised an irrelevant supplementary, I would not have replied to it.

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Gerald L'Estrange Mr. L'Estrange Fine Gael

If it was irrelevant the Minister should not have replied to it.

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Joseph Brennan An Ceann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

That is a matter for the Chair.

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