Telephone service for new factory
The firm’s service requires major ducting and cabling, likely taking months. The Minister says factory applications receive priority and is exploring an interim alternative.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is aware that a firm (details supplied) in County Dublin requires telephone service; and if he will make a statement on the matter with particular reference to telephones for new factories and the danger to employment prospects as a result of the lack of telephone service.
Comment on this
: Major ducting and cabling work is necessary to enable telephone service to be provided for the firm named and it is unlikely that the necessary engineering work can be completed for some months.
The need for telephone service at new factories is fully appreciated and priority attention is accorded to applications of this type. The possibility of providing service by some alternative means in advance of the ducting and cabling work being completed is therefore being explored and I will let the Deputy know the outcome.
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