Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Post Office Closures: An Post
Mr. David McRedmond:
I should not put words in the mouth of the union. It was clear that its concern was for its members. It is my interpretation how that concern is best dealt with. When I responded to Senator Leyden about the welfare of employees being our number one duty of care, that is also a duty in hard circumstances where people are going to lose their jobs. It would have been one of the criteria, not the sole criterion, because we have commercial obligations and a service obligation. Broadly speaking, they are the three criteria.
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