Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Hildegarde NaughtonHildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Taking the Department of Transport, for example, motor tax is one area we will be looking at in providing that revenue. That Department said that it would potentially have services that could be provided off-line and could go through the post office network. The Department of Social Protection has also said that. That is why that as part of that interdepartmental group this needs to be a whole-of-government approach. It is not for me to certainly say that within the Department of Transport we can look at these services. Some of these services across government are out on contract at the moment, so one has to wait until those contracts end. The identification of a robust off-line service has to be done at an all-of-government level.

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