Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What if €12 million was put in place in the form of a bridging payment over the next three years?

This would mean that extra services would come on board for the likes of AIB. Mr. Martin has made reference to many services postmasters provide at present for which they are not being paid. I have no doubt that they have fed that into the commission. The problem for the Irish Postmasters Union is that if something is not put in place, it runs the risk that one in four postmasters will terminate their contracts. In my experience, the bulk of those will not be taken up by new postmasters under the current arrangement. Is that a fair comment?