Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I ran an average over the package. So I divided €10 million by 900 and came up with €11,111. Such a sum is insulting to post offices, leaving aside the GPO even on its worst day. The Minister of State has said that there must be a scheme but post offices have closed in County Clare such as Broadford post office. The post office in Lisdoonvarna closed but, thankfully, it will reopen as a new contractor has been found. My party colleague in west Cork, Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan, has been fighting to keep the Goleen post office open, which is due to close this week. Closures happen far too often and a pyramid approach probably will not work. I would say that a threshold and anything over that would not get it and anything under that should get huge subvention.