Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would appreciate if the Minister of State could light a match under some of the Departments. She has used the analogy of a silver bullet and I believe that the S52 contract is the poison arrow in the side of the post office network because, as all of the postmasters will state, it is slowly ensuring that 300 post offices will eventually close, unless there is a sustainable model for them. Some post offices have already closed, including post offices in Whitegate and Broadford in my own county of Clare. We need a comprehensive plan and it needs to happen quickly because January 2023 is the cliff edge on which the S52 contract's dismantling will come back to haunt the network. I ask the Minister of State to focus on this matter and thank her for her work.