Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

I have agreed with much of what Deputy Ring has said today. However, sometimes we make a song and dance in defending services which are not used by anybody. Some years ago, for example, Eircom announced that it was removing a public telephone box in my constituency. In response to a telephone call from a local resident, I made a representation for its retention. The Eircom representatives I dealt with were very helpful and the telephone box was kept in place. However, I must admit that I was informed at the time that the average number of calls being made from this telephone box was three per week.

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