Mr. Ned O'Hara:

None is making more than €500,000 and there are many in the lower segment of offices earning up to €50,000. For the vast majority, the amount is less than €50,000 or €60,000.

Regarding services, it depends on how one views the network. Someone could say that there will be no post offices in ten or 15 years’ time, but we are looking at the next three to five years. There will be a post office and services provided for the next three to five years. The agreement we reached with An Post in 2018 saw us transforming from being service providers into agile retailers, if the committee will pardon the clichés. We depend on An Post to provide the services to us, and I had to ask about some of them myself, for example, the Gift Voucher Shop, One4All service and chip and PIN gaming. I do not understand what they are, but they are for young people. We also handle mobile top-ups. An Post is working hard to develop new products and services aimed at all sections. It looks at the age profile of customers and realises that it has to get younger customers-----