Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

To expand on that, I refer to the figure of €344 million in social value. The figure we are looking at now is €12 million, and I think that is entirely good value to protect the post office network, all it is doing and all it potentially can do. To look at it from the viewpoint of the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, however, one needs to consider whether there is more that could be done, more productivity achieved and more services provided to bring this figure down. I presume the figure we are considering is a multi-annual one. Let us say the figure is to be €12 million. The IPU needs to know that will be there for the next three to five years.