Mr. David McRedmond:

Certainly, An Post will engage through the adjudication process that we published. An Post will engage with any applications that come in to us. I cannot deal with the specifics of the case referred to by Senator Mulherin but we absolutely will engage. In terms of post offices closing, as I have said, these are not An Post's businesses. These are operated by the postmasters. We will absolutely engage. Even if the post office is closed, we will engage with communities. In terms of extending the deadline for making submissions, we want to be reasonable but we cannot keep it entirely open-ended. That may seem like half an answer but we will attempt to be reasonable. Likewise, in terms of post offices closing, if something needs to be done beforehand, while it is not up to us in the end but up to the postmaster, we will attempt to do what we can.