Arthur Spring (Kerry North-West Limerick, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am being very productive. I was listening to the debate earlier in my room. I have a couple of questions. In the past couple of weeks there has been much anxiety about the idea of 500 rural post offices closing in the event that social welfare payments no longer go through the post office mechanism. My concern is that the anxiety has nearly seeped into people's imagination to become a reality. Will the witnesses describe the context of the contract with the postmasters' union? Some people have engaged in a system in which they put up posters on the front door of the post office that "name and shame", and my name is an example. It has been suggested that I have voted for the closure of rural post offices. Is there anything that can be done about this and what is the nature of the contract with these union members?