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Revenue Commissioners – 1890 Numbers and Geographic Alternatives

By 77FaOyXT0j6M1pI on 1st March 2016 in A – Z Listing

A user of this website very kindly drew my attention to a special “Lo-Call” page on the Revenue website (Low Cost Phone Numbers).

According to the website:

Revenue provides low cost (‘LoCall’) phone numbers for some of our most popular services.

Please note that the rates charged for the use of 1890 (LoCall) numbers may vary among different service providers. It is recommended that you only ring these numbers using a landline as calls made using mobiles may be expensive.)

The page, however, while somewhat useful in explaining the potential cost to people of calling these 1890 numbers from mobiles is of limited benefit in that while it lists the main 1890 numbers (18 of them), it only provides geographic alternatives for 10 of them.

Of course, here on SayNoTo1890.com, there are actually alternatives for 17 out of the 18 numbers.

You will actually see this message on many government websites these days – informing users of the cost implications of calling 1890 numbers from mobiles. This contact page from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, for example, has the following text:

Note: Rates charged for 1890 (Lo-call) numbers may vary among different service providers

And interestingly, they provide geographic alternatives for 4 out of 4 of the 1890 numbers listed on that main contact page.

Similarly, this contact page from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation provides the following text, and gives geographic alternatives for 3 out of 3 of the 1890 numbers listed.

*Note that the rates charged for the use of 1890 (LoCall) numbers may vary among different service providers

Interestingly, the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources – the one government department that could have some influence over how 1850, 1890 and 0818 numbers are treated by mobile telecoms providers – has a contact page that doesn’t provide any 1890 numbers at all. It only provides geographic alternative numbers for all sections linked on that page.

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By 77FaOyXT0j6M1pI on 4th February 2013 in A-Z

Data Protection Commissioner
- 1890252231 Call Instead – 0578684800

DataHaven
- 1890222587 – Call Instead 016564970

DeCare Dental Mayo
- 1890130017 – Call Instead 0949378608

Dogs Trust Neutering Hotline
- 1890946336 – Call Instead 018791000 (ridiculously, as of March 2016, this may just redirect back to 1890 number)

Down Syndrome Ireland
- 1890374374 – Call Instead 014266500

Days Hotel, Galway. Central Reservations
- 1890329329 Call Instead – 016391136

DELL
- General Sales Enquiries and Printer Supplies 1850333200 Call Instead – 012795000
- Sales & Customer Support 1850543543 – Call Instead 012044014

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Head Office – 1890200510 – Call Instead 016072000
- Farnham St. Co.Cavan – 1890200508 – Call Instead 0494368200
- Old Abbeyleix Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois – 1890200506 – Call Instead 0578674400
- Johnstown Castle Estate, Co.Wexford – 1890200509 – Call Instead 0539163400
- National Reserve/Young Farmers Scheme 0761064446 – Call Instead 0578689992

Dept of Agriculture Fisheries & Food Single Payments Scheme helpdesk
- 1890252118 – Call Instead 0578674400

Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment
- Employment Permits 1890201616 Call Instead – 014175333

Department of Social Protection
- Appeals Office 1890747434 Call Instead – 018748444 or 016732800
- Child Benefit 1890400400 Ext 44496 Call Instead – 0749164496 or 017043000 Ext 44496
- Illness Benefit 1890928400 Call Instead – 017043318
- Information Service 1890662244 Call Instead – 0719193300
- Maternity/Adoptive Benefit 1890690690 Call Instead – 0749164491 or 017043000 Ext 44491
- Pensions Office 1890500000 Call Instead – 0719157100
- Treatment Benefit 1890400400 Ext 44480 Call Instead – 0749164480 or 017043000 Ext 44480
- Dept of Social Welfare (water conservation grant) 1890100043 or 0761087890 – Call Instead 0212065880

DHL Parcel Service
- 1890725725 Call Instead – 018700700

Diabetes Ireland Helpline
- 1850909909 – Call Instead 018428118

Digiweb
- 1890940405 Call Instead – 1918 (older number was 0429393300)

Dolly Skip Bags
- 0818227036 – Call Instead 045896369

Down to Earth Materials
- 1890757757 – Call Instead 0214311842

DPD (UPC Deliveries)
- - 0818303606 – Call Instead 012943230 or 0906420547

Driver Testing Centre (Road Safety Authority)
- 1890406040 Call Instead – 09678289 or try 016375040

Driver Licencing Section (Road Safety Authority)
- 1890416141 – Call Instead 09678288

Dublin City Council Parking Tags Queries
- 0818300161 Call Instead – 012076000 (previously 0429394643)

DublinBikes.ie
- 1850777070 Call Instead – 014264954 or 014247605

Dunnes Stores Value Club Card
- 1890253185 & 1890678999 Call Instead – Freephone 1800678999 (may not be free on some mobiles)

Pepper Customer Service (Danske Bank)
- 1890923346 – Call Instead 061236852

Debenhams
- Delivery Queries 0818784877 – Call Instead 012001754

DAFT.ie
- – Call Instead 014218700

DCI Fuel Card
- 1890 242324 – Call Instead 091482934

Debenhams
- Tallaght 1890946779 – Call Instead 014685756
- Blackrock – Call Instead 012001754

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