Ms Carol Bolger:

That social aspect to what An Post does is unique, and it is a question of how we put a value on that as it is very special. I totally support fair tendering but I think we have unique circumstances when it comes to Government services and the way we can deliver these services to our communities, given the national reach we have. We have over 900 postmasters and we have 45 post offices that are An Post-operated, so we have a strong distribution channel and network within the country, which means we are ideally placed to provide those services.