Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for her opening statement and welcome news. Will she please explain how the €10 million will be used as I am not sure she explained that in her opening statement? Why was the figure of €10 million chosen rather than, say, €8 million or €15 million?

These were figures based on information we received from An Post working with the Department. It was quite difficult to get an assessment because postmasters are sole traders, are not paid by An Post, are their own brokers and are small or medium-size enterprises.