asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will provide public telephone kiosks in the Markievicz House complex of flats and the new City Quay complex, off Peterson's Lane, Dublin.

There are four telephone kiosks within about 250 yards of Markievicz House complex and there is a kiosk within about 80 yards of the City Quay complex. These are regarded as adequate to meet the needs of the district. In the circumstances provision of further kiosks to serve these areas is not warranted at present.

Will the Minister not agree on the desirability of providing such telephone kiosks within complexes of flats where they are less likely to be vandalised than on the streets outside?

Vandalism is a major problem. In fact one of our new pay phones was wrecked this weekend. It is a tragedy.

Where there are complexes of flats of the kind that there are in Markievicz House, would the Minister not agree that it would be better to install the pay phones in the complex as they would be more likely to be free from vandalism?

It is something we have tried before and sometimes it works. The sad part is that the pay phone service is now going to start on a vandalism trip.