Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The inference from all of that is that post offices needed to diversify in the context of the services they provide. Despite the business relating to social welfare payments - on which the network has been over-reliant - closures were still occurring. This illustrates that even from the mid-part of the previous decade there was a need for An Post to provide a more broadly based and diversified service. I return to my original comment to the effect that An Post remains the elephant in the room. The company must develop a new business model.