Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for missing part of the meeting. I had to attend a meeting of another committee. I wish to return to the specific issue of post offices. An interdepartmental group is to be established between the Minister's Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. On the issue of its remit, I know it is due to report in July. Obviously, it will look at which services post offices can operate from a governmental point of view. Beyond that, I refer to the Minister's earlier remarks regarding being supportive of the possibility of a community banking-type model and even looking at whether there is a requirement for a public service obligation levy or whatever from the point of view of producing a model that will deliver for post offices because post offices have delivered for us in the past. As a result of the problems in banking-----