Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

They are not small questions. The key thing might be to look at other State services that we could develop through our post office network. Perhaps we could look at other finance instruments, investment, savings or other instruments. The real strength of the post office network is that post offices are trusted intermediaries in local communities. If I correctly recall a Dáil debate, the family in the post office in Broadford have been there almost 100 years or some such time. Multiple generations of that family have been well regarded and trusted in the local community. We can use that trust for the delivery of public services. Each Government Department must look to see what other services we could distribute through post offices to broaden the business case.

That is what is going to make this work, including public services.