Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post
Ms Debbie Byrne:
I have nothing further to add to that. On the point about the scale payments and the income falling at the end of June, we have covered that through the 18-month pandemic fund that will be in place.
As regards the 15 km, that is a minimum. When there are post office consolidations, there tends to be three post offices within a 10 km radius. The 15 km is really the outer limit. Looking at some of the closures over the last two years, the vast majority are 10 km and quite a few are under 5 km and 6 km, so it is the outer limit. Very few fall into that category.
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