Ceisteanna—Questions . Oral Answers . - Telephone Service .
- Kilkenny telephone account overcharge 9 speeches
The Minister said the account had been investigated, found correct, and would be paid by instalments. Leyden questioned whether it was among 200 disputed accounts, prompting a brief exchange and the Chair’s intervention.
Liam Aylward, John F. Donnellan, Terry Leyden, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
- Dublin 5 telephone service 2 speeches
The Minister confirmed that telephone service had been provided to the applicant.
Michael Joe Cosgrave, John F. Donnellan
- Meath telephone service delay 2 speeches
The applicant had waited eight years; the Minister attributed the delay to extensive cabling needs and the volume of engineering work in County Meath.
John V. Farrelly, John F. Donnellan
- Cappoquin telephone kiosk 8 speeches
Fahey pressed for a kiosk in upper Cappoquin, citing residents’ inconvenience since the post office moved to the lower town and asking whether it could be provided within a month. The Minister could not commit to that timing but said it would be installed as soon as possible, once engineering stores were available.
John Fahey, John F. Donnellan
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will have the very substantial telephone account which issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny reinvestigated as she is adamant that there is an overcharge.
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: The subscriber's complaint has already been fully investigated. Details of the accounts were discussed with her and they were found to be correct. Arrangements are being made, in agreement with the subscriber, to collect the outstanding amount by instalments.
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: Is that one of the 200 accounts which are in dispute which were mentioned by the Minister yesterday? In my own constitutency there are about 40 or 50 accounts in dispute.
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: I am asking the Minister to reply, is this one of the 200 accounts to which he referred yesterday?
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: I did not say whether it was 200 per day, per week, per month, or per year. That is where the Deputy missed the point.
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: Something that happened yesterday is not a point of order. Deputy Leyden is obstructing Question Time. I am calling Question No. 13.
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asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5.
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asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason for the delay in providing a telephone service to a person (details supplied) in County Meath who is an applicant for the past eight years.
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: It has not been possible to provide telephone service for the person named so far because of the volume of cabling work which is required and the general level of engineering work on hands in County Meath.
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asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone kiosk will be provided for the upper part of Cappoquin town, County Waterford.
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: The kiosk will be provided as soon as possible after the necessary engineering stores become available.
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: Is the Minister aware of the urgent need for this telephone kiosk especially since the post office in Cappoquin has been changed from its previous location and is now at the lower part of the town, which is causing great inconvenience?
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: The nearest telephone kiosk to that location is a distance of a quarter of a mile.
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: Is the Minister of State aware that the majority of people in Cappoquin live in the upper region of the town and will he ensure that this work is carried out as quickly as possible as even a month is a long time to wait?