Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am glad Mr. O'Keeffe brought up An Post because the Government moved recently to support the postal network and ensure its survival in many areas, which would otherwise have been difficult. Going back to the mobile banking, how would a community or an area, or maybe public representatives, engage with AIB, for example, to get it to consider an area for mobile banking provision? Places like Carnew, Tinahely and Rathdrum have no bank anymore and Blessington's service is reduced. Those three towns did not have AIB branches; it was another bank. There is a requirement for some sort of mobile banking down there. How does somebody engage with the bank and get it to assess an area to see if the demand from the population and the geographic spread meets the criteria for it to supply a mobile bank where there is no banking facility?