Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What about the franking machine allowance, which is €500,000 per annum? I had a look at the business case for this allowance, which states that given the huge increase in the use of e-mail in the past ten years, with a related drop in ordinary mail and so on, it is probable that the volume of franking required has diminished significantly and will continue to do so. These are the types of outlying allowances which it appears are at the core of some of the difficulties that have arisen. In my view a person whose job it is to operate a franking machine should not be paid an additional allowance for doing so. How is it proposed to address this allowance?