Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Time is of the essence. Everything the Minister of State said is very positive but it needs to happen at pace. A lead-in period is always needed for aviation to recover and airlines to schedule flights for their coming season.

I have one final question on post offices. I know a review is under way. It concerns me that the review may not perfectly align with the June deadline for those postmasters who might face closure. The answer to my next question is "Yes" or "No" and I hope the Minister of State answers "Yes". Approximately 14 or 15 post offices closed during the Covid period. They include Broadford in my constituency of Clare. We do not live in magic wand territory where the Minister of State can go around reopening every post office that closed over the past number of decades but I ask that in their engagement with An Post, the Minister of State and her Department would commit to retendering those that closed during the Covid period because many of them closed in stealth. Could she give that commitment?