asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs why a person (details supplied) in Dublin who paid a £242 fee in November last still has no telephone service, although an instrument has been fitted in her home.

It was expected that service would be provided earlier but the cable was found to be faulty at the installation stage. It is expected that service will be provided in about six weeks or so.

225.

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

Service will be provided as soon as possible but it will not, it is regretted, be possible to do so for about a year.

226.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for persons (details supplied) in Dublin who need it urgently for business purposes.

Service will be provided as soon as possible but it will not, it is regretted, be possible to do so for about a year.

227.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a trawler owner (details supplied) in County Cork as he employs four crew members and urgently needs a telephone in his home.

In about three months or so.

228.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork as she has been waiting for over four years for service.

In about three months or so.

229.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin who has been on the waiting list for over a year and who is in bad health.

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

230.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for applicants in an area (details supplied) in Dublin who have been on the waiting list for many years.

In about six months or so.

231.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who has been waiting for service for the past two-and-a-half years.

Service will be provided as soon as possible for the person named who applied in November 1980 but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so for at least a year.

232.

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

Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so before the end of this year.

233.

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

Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so before the end of this year.

234.

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

In about six months or so.

235.

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

In about six months or so.

236.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of applicants awaiting telephone service in the Rushbrook, Kennington, Osprey, Willington and Wilderwood areas of Templeogue, County Dublin.

Rushbrook, 170; Kennington, 100; Osprey, 80; Willington, 28; Wilderwood, 25.

237.

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

Within about a month.

238.

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

In about six months.

239.

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

In about a year.

240.

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

Telephone service was provided for the person named last year. A fault in the telephone was attended to earlier this month.

241.

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

In about three months or so.

242.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone connection will be made for a person (details supplied) in Dublin who paid the fee in December 1981 and who was promised that the telephone service would be supplied within 12 weeks from that date.

In about six weeks or so.

243.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a person (details supplied) who applied for a telephone in 1969 will receive service.

It is expected that service will be provided in about a year for the person named who made application in late 1979.

244.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when it is proposed to install a telephone for an old age pensioner (details supplied) in County Kerry.

In about three months or so.

245.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a firm (details supplied) in County Dublin whose security needs require such a vital service.

Within about two months.

246.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will indicate when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who paid the fee some months ago and who signed the necessary contract with his Department.

Within about two months.

247.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will indicate when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin whose continued employment is dependent on having a telephone.

About the end of this year.

248.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a person (details supplied) in Dublin will have his telephone service properly connected and made operational.

In about six weeks or so.

249.

(Dublin North-Central) asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be transferred for a person (details supplied) in Dublin who applied over three years ago.

Within about two months.

250.

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

In 1983.

251.

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

In about a year.

252.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be restored to a subscriber (details supplied) in Dublin.

Service on this line, which had been interrupted for a period over two months ago, was restored late in January.