asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a private telephone will be installed for persons (details supplied) in County Wexford who are old age pensioners.

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

567.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 as she has been waiting for a service for five years and medical certificates have been submitted in support of the application.

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

568.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone will be installed for a person (details supplied) in Cork.

: Within about a year.

569.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason a telephone service has not been provided for a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon.

: When the person named was invited to sign an agreement and make advance payment it was expected that service would be provided within about three months. Regrettably this was not possible because of a miscalculation regarding the workload in the area.

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

570.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will state in relation to an application for a telephone service when terms will be quoted to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly who applied for the telephone four years ago and who needs it urgently for the survival of his business.

: Within about six months.

571.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided 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 before the latter part of this year.

572.

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

: Delay in repairing the fault was because access could not be gained to the subscriber's premises. A request was left with the subscriber to contact the faults repair depot. It is expected to clear the fault shortly.

573.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of applicants waiting for telephone service and telephone transfers in Bancroft Crescent/Bancroft Estate areas, Tallaght, County Dublin, and when service will be provided.

: There are six applicants awaiting provision of new line service and 13 applicants awaiting removal of service in Bancroft Crescent, Bancroft Estate, Tallaght, County Dublin. It is expected that service will be provided within about a year.

574.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12.

: Within about a month.

575.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be restored for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 whose line has been out of order since early December.

: Service has been restored.

576.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will expedite the provision of a telephone service for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6.

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

577.

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

: Service will be restored within a week or so.

578.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the up-to-date position regarding an application for a telephone service for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry.

: Terms have been quoted to the person named and service will be provided within about three months after the necessary agreement has been signed.

579.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a 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.

580.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when Kilgarvan telephone exchange, County Kerry, will become automatic.

: About the end of next year.

581.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when Clonkeen telephone exchange, Killarney, County Kerry, will become automatic.

: About the end of next year.

582.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has paid the deposit.

: Within about a month.

583.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Clare as he paid a deposit of approximately £250 in August 1982.

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

584.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (a) the number of telephone agreements terminated, year by year, between 1973 and 1982; (b) the amount of money outstanding, year by year, in respect of such terminations; (c) the number of cases brought to court, where the outstanding account was £250 or more, in respect of such terminations; (d) the number of successful court cases for recovery of outstanding accounts; (e) the total amount outstanding in telephone accounts—apart from the aforementioned terminated accounts — as at 31st December, 1982; (f) the number of terminated accounts and the total amount of revenue written off in the ten year period mentioned.

: All the information sought is not readily available. Its collection would involve disproportionate cost and time. The following information will, I hope, be of assistance to the Deputy:

(a) 2,374 agreements were terminated in 1980, 3,155 in 1981 and 3,965 in 1982; (b) information not available; quite an amount of revenue due when agreements are terminated is subsequently collected; (c) and (d) about 5,000 cases were brought to Court where the amount was £250 or more in the period 1977 to 1982. Virtually all of the cases were successful; (e) the total amount of telephone revenue not collected at end 1982 amounted to about £25 million. Most of this has either been collected in the meantime or will be collected. The total amount of telephone revenue written off in the period 1973 to 1982 amounted to £1.456 million.

585.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the 30 applicants, some of whom have been waiting up to five years for telephone service, at the Garlow Cross area of Navan, County Meath, can expect to be provided with service.

: Within about a year.

586.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the present position in relation to the provision of a telephone kiosk for Rathfeigh, Tara, County Meath.

: Rathfeigh is not included in this year's programme, It will be considered for inclusion in a future programme.

587.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason for the delay in connecting a telephone for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow.

: It has not been possible to provide service for the person named so far because of the large volume of engineering work on hand and requiring attention in the Carlow area.

588.

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

: Next year.

589.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will provide a telephone kiosk for the convenience of the residents adjacent to Donnybrook Catholic Church, Dublin 4.

: The provision of a kiosk at this location is not regarded as warranted at present and it is not proposed therefore to provide one there.