§ Mr. VINCENT KENNEDYasked the Postmaster-General whether any arrangements have been made to connect all the offices in county Cavan, where there is a telephone instrument, with the public call office and telephone subscribers in Cavan; is there a telephone instrument in Belturbet or Ballyconnell; and will the same be made available to the public and when?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThere are several offices in county Cavan where a telephone is in use for telegraphic purposes but where call offices cannot be provided on account of the expense of making telephonic connection with Cavan or some other exchange. I have authorised the establishment of a call office at Belturbet which will be served through the Clones exchange. The service will be given as soon as practicable. I am considering the possibility of affording a call office service through Belturbet at Swanlinbar, Bawnboy and Ballyconnell, where telephones are at present in use for telegraph purposes.