Mr. Sean Martin:

The company tendered, but on the basis of 300 or 400 outlets rather than what the tender looked for, which was probably 30. I think that is the reason we lost.

We are not looking for sole exclusivity of any product or service. What we are saying is that we should be an omnichannel. We should be an offline solution for the Government to enable it to deliver any sort of a service. I was at the public forum on banking the other day. Someone made a major contribution in stating that if one can make it easy for the elderly, one makes it easy for everyone. That is a hugely important point. By making it easy through the post office which we do, the last thing one wants to do now is to take that service away from the community and to be left with sleeper towns.

That is what we will face if the Government does not make this decision over the next couple of months.