Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There was a narrative that there was a huge amount of difficulties. I was hoping this would be an opportunity to get a complete update on where we are now and how serious the situation is now compared to a month or two ago. If Ms Bolger could come back with that information, it would be vital. It is something that the committee needs to tease out. If something needs to happen at our end, we need to make sure that we have the conversation.

I refer to An Post's business model. At one stage it was the delivery provider for Amazon which provided it with a huge amount of work. It is still doing that for Amazon in harder to reach rural areas but that probably does not provide the same revenue. Amazon has taken over its delivery in many urban areas. How will that impact on An Post's business model in future?

There are complaints at the other end of the spectrum. Small online operators here would say that Amazon and other large operators get a really good deal from An Post which they feel they do not. Those are two separate questions relating to companies at either end.