Colm Keaveney (Galway East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

If the quality of engagement which has taken place today is the type of engagement which has taken place with An Post, I would be incredibly concerned by the degree of clarity and accountability.

I agree fundamentally that we need to get the Minister in to determine what amendments are required to the legislation to ensure accountability, particularly by people who are hiding behind mandates. I want to know how the figure of €12 million was arrived at. Who made that decision? I want the scientific measure that determined where the systems failed in An Post, warranting a fine of the scale of €12 million, to be put in front of the committee today. What consultation took place with the management of An Post to ensure An Post was absolutely clear where its systems were failing vis-à-visthe matters that resulted in the €12 million fine? The €12 million came out of a hat a number of weeks after the last presentation by ComReg. In view of the detailed communication that happened at our last meeting, if that is the level of communication that took place with An Post, I am not leaving here until I have an answer on how we got to the quantum of €12 million. I want to see the documentation - the consultants' report that points out where An Post failed on service delivery that warranted a fine of €12 million. I am not leaving the committee until that information is provided. There is to be no waffle on it. I ask for the information.