Mr. David McRedmond:

I thank the Senator very much for those comments. I deeply appreciate them. I thank him also for his own work as a postmaster. Being in a leadership position in An Post is quite humbling because it is our fantastic front-line workers, our postmen and postwomen in every community, and our post offices in every community that make the brand. We do our professional work. Ms Byrne has done great work and she and I are part of a team of eight who do a fantastic job as well. We have fantastic teams working with us and they all do good work. Fundamentally, I am so struck by the affection for An Post that is there at the front line and it is because of our front-line workers. I have not a shred of doubt that that is what does it and we are lucky to be able to be in a position to try to steer things in a certain way. We are very grateful to the Senator and all his colleagues.