Ms Debbie Byrne:

Of the 888 postmaster offices, approximately 300 are on the old contract of a fixed income for three years and is reviewed triennially. The balance are on the new commercial contract of being paid per transaction. The postmasters have received transformation top-up payments over the past three years and that runs out at the end of June, which is the cliff edge that has been painted at 1 July. The idea is that the pandemic fund will kick in on 1 July.