Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. I will summarise before we conclude. We are a cross-party committee and this is not a political issue. This is an issue about towns, villages and cities in which post offices operate. We will follow up with a public engagement with An Post. We will consider what we have heard today and will certainly look for some form of interim solution to be put in place from 1 July to consider a PSO and allow the interdepartmental group to come up with a model. We want the post office network to survive. It is incumbent on us to ensure it survives because once a network goes, it is impossible to replace.

This has been a very productive meeting. This is an issue we all agree on and we will follow up with a report. We will first meet with An Post but we can see, from 1 July, the cliff edge that post offices up and down the country will face. There is a need for an interim financial solution. We also need to look at the PSO model and allow the interdepartmental group to do its work.

Do Mr. O'Hara or Mr. O'Callaghan want to add any quick, final words?