Pobalscoil Neasáin telephone service
The school is unlikely to receive a permanent telephone service until well into next year because of earlier applications and limited capacity for cabling work. The Deputy stressed the school’s growth and unreliable temporary line; the Minister acknowledged the urgency but said Dublin city work was currently a higher priority.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for Pobalscoil Neasáin, Baldoyle, Dublin 13.
Comment on this
Because of the volume of other work and the number of earlier applications on hands it is unlikely that it will be possible to provide service until well into next year.
Comment on this
Is the Minister aware that this is a rapidly developing new school? It is already catering for 300 students and projected increases in that area would be an additional 50 to 100 students within 12 months. Would the Minister not agree, therefore, that there is an urgent need for a proper telephone service here? What is available at present is a temporary line which is temperamental to say the least. Would the Minister also take into account the need for a service for this very large catchment area? It is serving a large number of organisations, and services in that school are being availed of by those organisations.
Comment on this
That is fully appreciated. The school about which the Deputy is talking applied in November 1980. We would like to give the service at once but cabling work must be carried out. One cannot provide a telephone service without cabling. This cabling work would be carried out but for the amount of work in Dublin city areas, which is a high priority at the moment. I am sorry that I cannot give the Deputy a better answer than that.