asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will arrange to have a telephone service installed for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary.

The person concerned applied for service in February 1981. It is expected that service will be provided within the next four months or so.

There seems to be some confusion here. The person referred to in Question No. 21 paid £275 to the Department in August 1980. The Minister seems to have got the wires crossed. The person I am referring to is a Brian Joyce of Skehana, Shanakill, Roscrea.

Perhaps both the Deputy and I have the wires crossed because the person to whom I am relating this reply may not be the person named specifically in the question. The details the Deputy has given now are not those in the question before me. I do not wish to give the information regarding these details since it is private but there are involved three separate individuals each bearing the same name.

The three applicants from the area concerned forwarded similar amounts to the Department in the same month.

There are only two applicants concerned.

In that case one person's money must have gone astray.

I doubt that. It is very seldom that that happens. Since there seems to be some confusion I shall have the matter looked into again.

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