148 Mr. McCartan asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will give details of (1) the study or studies at present being undertaken by Bord Telecom Éireann or her Department into the feasibility of privatisation as an option with regard to Telecom Éireann, (2) the companies or officials involved in the study and (3) the stage or stages the studies are at; whether she intends to make the reports or findings of the studies public; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

No study is being undertaken by my Department into the feasibility of privatising Telecom Éireann. The question of studies which might be carried out by Telecom Éireann into any aspect of their operations is a matter of day-to-day administration of the company.