asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the cables will be laid to provide telephone services to (a) Corbawn, Shankill; (b) Rathsallagh, Shankill; (c) Moreen, Sandyford; (d) Wedgewood, Sandyford; (e) Balawley, Sandyford; and (f) Grange Valley, Rathfarnham, in County Dublin.

(Dublin South-Central): The necessary cabling is expected to be completed in the Moreen, Balawley and Grange Valley areas in the next six months or so, and in the Corbawn, Rathsallagh and Wedgewood areas in the second half of 1980.

Service will be provided for waiting applicants in Moreen, Rathsallagh, Corbawn and Wedgewood areas following completion of cabling but in the case of applicants in Balawley and Grange Wood provision of service for most applicants is also dependent on the installation of additional exchange equipment which is not expected until early in 1981.

Will the Minister consider as a temporary measure installing a telephone kiosk in each of the areas referred to?

(Dublin South-Central): I cannot give the Deputy an undertaking on this matter at this time but I will ask the Department to have a look at it.

The areas in question are very isolated and the people have no communication with the Garda Síochána in the event of burglaries or other emergencies.

(Dublin South-Central): I have noted the Deputy's request and I will ask the Department to have a look at it.

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