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

Within about a year.

461.

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

Within about a year.

462.

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

Within about a year.

463.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be transferred for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if this will be carried out as a matter of urgency as the applicant lives alone with her young child.

Service will be transferred as soon as possible but it is unlikely that the necessary engineering work can be completed for about a year.

464.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will provide a telephone kiosk for Collinstown Lane, Cloghran, County Dublin.

The provision of a public telephone kiosk at Collinstown Lane, Cloghran, County Dublin, is not regarded as warranted at present and it is not proposed, therefore, to provide one there.

465.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will take immediate steps to provide a telephone service for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin.

Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that the necessary engineering work can be completed for about a year.

466.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 as he is elderly and has submitted medical evidence in support of his application.

A survey is being carried out to ascertain when it will be possible to provide service for the person named. The applicant will be contacted as soon as the result of the survey is known.

467.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason for the delay in completing Boyle automatic telephone exchange, County Roscommon; and when this exchange will be completed.

It is expected that the automatic telephone exchange at Boyle will be operational in about six months. The change-over is dependent on the prior introduction to service of major new trunk switching exchanges at Sligo and Carrick-on-Shannon and these projects are taking longer to commission than was previously anticipated.

468.

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

Service will be restored within a week or so.

469.

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

Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that the necessary engineering work can be completed before the latter part of this year.

470.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is aware that telephones in the Rolestown area of County Dublin were out of order recently for a period of up to eight weeks; and the action he intends to take in the matter.

Regrettably the main underground cable was damaged by flooding. Service has now been restored.

471.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 as he applied in September 1978 and needs service urgently.

Service will be provided as soon as possible for the person named but it is unlikely that the necessary enginerring work can be completed before the latter part of this year.

472.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin as he has been on the waiting list for years and needs service urgently.

Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that the necessary cabling can be completed for about a year.

473.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is aware of the urgent need to have a telephone service provided for the Holy Family school, River Valley, Swords, County Dublin; and, if so, when the service will be provided.

A survey is being carried out to ascertain when it will be possible to provide service for the school named. The applicant will be contacted as soon as the result of the survey is known.

474.

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 year.

475.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will take immediate steps to provide a telephone service for St. Teresa's school, Balbriggan, County Dublin.

A survey is being carried out to ascertain when it will be possible to provide telephone service for the school named. The applicant will be contacted as soon as the result of the survey is known.

476.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin as he has been on the waiting list since 1978 and needs service urgently for business purposes.

Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that the necessary engineering work can be completed for about a year.

477.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5.

A survey is being carried out to ascertain when it will be possible to provide service for the person named. The applicant will be contacted as soon as the result of the survey is known.

478.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5.

Service was provided in August 1982.

479.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be restored to a firm (details supplied) in County Wicklow having regard to the fact that the telephone has been out of order for over two weeks and the business is suffering as a result.

Service will be restored within a week or so.

480.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if this will be expedited having regard to the fact that they are old age pensioners and have a priority need for the service.

It is expected that service will be provided within about two months.

481.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be restored for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 as it has been out of order since 14 February 1983.

Service will be restored within a week or so.

482.

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

During the second half of this year.

483.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone kiosk which was approved for Little Graing Cross, Fethard-on-Sea, County Wexford, will be erected.

The kiosk will be provided as soon as possible after the necessary engineering stores become available.

484.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason for the delay in providing a telephone service for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who paid the installation fee in October 1982.

When the person named was invited to sign an agreement and make advance payment it was expected that telephone service would be provided for her within about three months. Regrettably this was not possible because of an unforeseen difficulty in connection with the cable. It is expected that service will be provided within about a month.

485.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2.

Within about a year.