Mr. Ned O'Hara:

We are involved in the green hub at the moment but Covid has curtailed a lot of activity, in fairness to everybody concerned. Opportunities may have been postponed because of Covid and perhaps those opportunities could be explored in the interim, while we work out a permanent solution. If interim measures are put in place for July, all of those other options can be explored. We accept that Covid has hindered some of the plans people had but we have worked hard during the pandemic. We have stood on the front line and have put ourselves and our families at risk. Every day I hear of postmasters doing unpaid work, including making vaccination appointments for people. Much of our work is unpaid. We are part of our communities. Post offices are community centres that provide community services. That needs to be recognised and postmasters need to be valued. If we are not valued, somebody should tell us that and we will go and do something else.