Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Future of An Post Network: Discussion

Mr. Sean Martin:

Yes, but let us not get caught up on the €12 million. That is needed to ensure we have the network of post offices that we have at present. Yes, the Senator is correct in that the transactions are falling. It is a challenge for us to try to get new people and younger people into the business but we are working hard at it and agency banking is bringing in that younger generation. One of the issues that came out of the banking forum in the Behaviour and Attitudes survey that it conducted was that it asked consumers what they wanted out of their bank, not their post office. They said that they wanted value, access, trust and security and we can deliver all of those four requirements and are well placed to fill the gap that some of the banks-----

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