Telephone application for community worker
The applicant, whose community work was cited as grounds for priority, was expected to receive a telephone around mid-next year because no spare lines were available and extra cabling was unlikely soon. The Minister agreed to have engineers seek an alternative arrangement.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be provided for a person (details supplied) to enable him to perform the important work which he undertakes for the benefit of the community.
Comment on this
Having regard to the Minister's sympathetic disposition, I would say passion, for the achievement of reconciliation between different communions in this country, lack of which is one of the causes of our present difficulties, could the Minister not see to it that greater priority be given to this application so that the installation could take place much earlier than the middle of next year? Perhaps it could be a Christmas gift in the season of goodwill.
Comment on this
I would like to give everyone a telephone but we inherited in this administration a much neglected system——
Comment on this
The applicant applied on 20 July 1980. That is not very long ago. There are no spare lines at the moment and additional cabling is unlikely in the immediate future. That is the difficulty. If we overcome that difficulty we will provide a telephone.
Comment on this
Could the Minister not consider this almost as a case justifying emergency allocation because of the great importance of this work which is surely as great as that of other services which are provided under emergency scheme?
Comment on this
I appreciate the need for the service here. I am giving the Deputy the information which has been supplied to me. If it satisfies the Deputy I will have the engineers look at it again to see if an alternative can be found.