PQ 1679
1679. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the HSE and other Government bodies are using telephone numbers which are not free phone or low call that is 0818 or 1890 numbers for public queries; the reason they are not instead supplying local call numbers for the public; his views on whether it is unfair to place these high phone call costs on members of the public who could already be under financial strain; and the companies employed by these Government bodies to administer these calls. [25268/16]
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1679. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the HSE and other Government bodies are using telephone numbers which are not free phone or low call that is 0818 or 1890 numbers for public queries; the reason they are not instead supplying local call numbers for the public; his views on whether it is unfair to place these high phone call costs on members of the public who could already be under financial strain; and the companies employed by these Government bodies to administer these calls. [25268/16]
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