asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will arrange to have a telephone provided for an invalid (details supplied) in County Cork.

It has not been possible to trace an application on behalf of the person named. If the Deputy can furnish additional information further inquiry will be made.

557.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will provide a telephone for a person (details supplied) in County Cork.

Yes, but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so far at least a year.

558.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will provide a telephone for a person (details supplied) in County Cork as the application was made in 1978.

Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so for about a year.

559.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will provide a telephone for an old age pensioner (details supplied) in County Cork as she lives alone and as she has submitted a medical certificate.

Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so for about a year.

560.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if, having regard to the special circumstances involved, he will provide a telephone service for an applicant (details supplied) in County Dublin as a matter of urgency.

Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so for at least a year.

561.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if, in view of the fact that a subscriber (details supplied) in County Dublin was without a telephone service for over three months, he will forego the rental charges for that period.

A rebate of rental is being allowed.

562.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when telephone kiosks will be erected at Cregcarragh, Claregalway and Coshla, Athenry, County Galway.

Telephone kiosks were erected at Cregcarragh, Claregalway, and Coshla, Athenry in June 1981.

Opening of service is awaiting provision of electricity supply, provision of which is being urged with the Electricity Supply Board.

563.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be supplied with a telephone service.

In about a year.

564.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be supplied with an additional telephone number; and when the existing telephone will be reconnected.

The existing telephone has been reconnected. There is no record of an application for an additional line at the address given but telephone service has been offered to the person concerned at his home.

565.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be provided with a telephone service.

In about a year's time.

566.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be supplied with a telephone extension.

Terms have been quoted to this applicant. Service will be provided as soon as possible after an agreement has been signed.

567.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be supplied with a telephone service.

In about a year.

568.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when persons (details supplied) in County Galway will be provided with a telephone service as they are in urgent need of such service because of illness.

Service has been offered to the applicant, and the phone will be installed quickly when the necessary agreement has been signed.

569.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway.

In about a year's time.

570.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway.

In about a year's time.

571.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be installed for a person (details supplied) in County Galway.

In about a year.

572.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a person (details supplied) in County Galway can expect to have a telephone installed in view of the fact that a deposit of £400 was paid in April 1981.

In about a month.

573.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway.

Within the next four months or so.

574.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a telephone.

It is unlikely that it will be possible to provide service for at least a year.

575.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will obtain a telephone service.

Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so for at least a year.

576.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway who applied in 1974.

About the end of this year.

577.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a person (details supplied) in County Galway, who paid a deposit in June 1981 can expect to have a telephone service.

About the end of this year.

578.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs why a person (details supplied) in County Galway appears to have been overcharged in respect of the installation of a telephone.

Normal terms were quoted to this applicant. She then claimed eligibility for free telephone rental under the scheme operated by the Department of Social Welfare. The claim is being examined by that Department.

579.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be supplied with a telephone service.

Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so for about a year.

580.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a person (details supplied) in County Galway can expect to be provided with a telephone service.

Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so for about a year.

581.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will provide telephone lines for a company (details supplied) in Dublin as a matter of urgency.

Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so for at least a year.

582.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when he proposes to implement the order to transfer the public telephone kiosk in Shinrone village, County Offaly to the opposite side of the street.

The kiosk at Shinrone will be moved as soon as possible after local authority approval is obtained to an alternative site.

583.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for an applicant (details supplied) in County Wicklow.

In about a year.

584.

(Wexford) asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the telephone account of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be changed.

Telephone service was transferred to the new subscriber on 18 September 1981 and his initial quarterly telephone account will issue in normal course, shortly.

An amended telephone account for the former subscriber will issue within a fortnight or so.

585.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a public telephone will be provided at the new housing estate at Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4.

Early 1982.

586.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin.

587.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person in County Dublin (details supplied); and if service will be provided without delay having regard to the fact that his original application was made in April 1974 and that the service is required urgently.

With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle I propose to take Questions Nos. 586 and 587 together. It is expected that service will be provided within the next month or so.

588.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for an applicant (details supplied) in County Wicklow.

Within the next month or so.

589.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin who paid for service in early July last; and why service was not provided recently when service was provided for many other people in the immediate area.

It is expected that service will be provided within a month or so.

It had been expected that service would be provided earlier but the cable pair was found to be faulty at the installation stage.

590.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal.

Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so for about a year.

591.

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

It is expected that service will be provided within the next month or so.

592.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will provide a telephone service for a person (details supplied) in County Cork.

It is expected that service will be provided about the middle of next year.

593.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of applicants for telephones who made advanced payments in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1980 and (iii) from January to June 1981 who have been offered a refund of such payments because of the inability of his Department to provide telephone service as promised; and the number of persons who accepted the refund when offered.

Records are not, I regret, maintained in a form that would enable this information to be obtained readily and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of staff time. It may be taken, however, that the total numbers involved are quite small in relation to the numbers who were offered service.