asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a reliable telephone service will be provided to a person (details supplied) who has had only an intermittent service for the past three months.

The fault, which is in the underground cable, will be repaired within the next few days. Because of the number of such faults, which require attention by specially trained staff, I regret that there has been delay in repairing them.

888.

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

Within about a year.

889.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone kiosk will be erected at Timolin, County Kildare.

Before the end of this year.

890.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs his plans for the further engineering work in the Meath Hill area of County Meath, including the erection of a new pole route, to enable additional applications for telephones to be met; the number of applications waiting for attention there; and how soon terms are likely to be quoted to the applicants after the completion of the engineering works.

There are four waiting applications for telephone service bearing Meath Hill addresses.

Cabling has been carried out in the area.

Terms will be quoted over the next year or so as it becomes possible to undertake the necessary additional linework.

891.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when he proposes to provide the additional cabling to enable further telephones to be provided at Kiltale, Dunsany, County Meath; the number of applicants waiting for service there; if the cabling will involve the breaking of the road surface; and when he expects it to be completed.

There are 13 waiting applications for telephone service bearing Kiltale, Dunsany addresses. Cabling to enable these applications to be met will be carried out over the next year or so. It is not expected that it will be necessary to break the road surface.

892.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the additional engineering work needed to provide telephones in the townland of Newhaggard, Trim, County Meath, will be carried out; if the entire pole route in the area will be put underground; and the number of telephones that will be provided as a result of the additional works to be carried out.

There are eight waiting applications for telephone service bearing Newhaggard, Trim, addresses. Cabling work to enable these applications to be met will be carried out over the next year or so. It is not possible to say at this stage if the entire pole route in the area will be replaced by underground cable.

893.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the public telephone kiosk which was sanctioned for Clancoole, Bandon, County Cork, will be provided.

Because of the big number of kiosks included in the current programme it is unlikely that the kiosk for Clancoole will be provided until 1983.

894.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the public telephone kiosk which was sanctioned for Youngfield, Glengarriffe, Bantry, County Cork, will be erected.

Within the next month or so.

895.

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

Within about a year.

896.

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

Within about a year.

897.

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

It has not been possible in the time available to trace an application on behalf of the person named. If the Deputy can furnish additional information about the application, e.g. when and where the application was made, further efforts will be made to trace it.

898.

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

It is expected that telephone service will be provided for the person named, who applied in October 1980, within about a year.

899.

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

Within about a year.

900.

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

Within about a year.

901.

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

It has not been possible in the time available to trace an application on behalf of the person named. If the Deputy can furnish additional information about the application, e.g. when and where the application was made, further efforts will be made to trace it.

902.

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

Within about a year.

903.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will investigate as a matter of urgency the complaints of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7, in relation to the continuous crackling noise on her telephone; and if this matter will be rectified as soon as possible.

The fault will be attended to within the next few days.

904.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is aware of an application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 to have a transferred telephone connected; and if, in view of this man's business requirements the telephone will be connected immediately.

A transfer of telephone service will be provided as soon as it is possible to do so. Regrettably, it is unlikely that necessary cabling work to enable service to be connected at the new address can be completed for about a year.

905.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Skerries, County Dublin in view of the fact that, in reply to a previous parliamentary question, an undertaking was given that the telephone would be supplied before the end of 1981.

It is expected that telephone service will be provided for the person named about the end of this year. It is regretted that an earlier forecast could not be realised because of the volume of engineering work on hands and requiring attention in the 01 area.

906.

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

It has not been possible to trace an application by the person named. If the Deputy can furnish additional information about the application, e.g. when and where it was made, further efforts will be made to trace it.

907.

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

It has not been possible to trace an application by the person named. If the deputy can furnish additional details of the application, e.g. when and where it was made further inquiry will be made.

908.

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

Within about six months.