Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

What the Acting Chair has mentioned is not insignificant. If there is a recording of a delivery, that is akin in a way to a registered letter. Registered letters were always significantly more expensive than an ordinary stamp. An Post has a real challenge. The revenue from the mail business continues to fall significantly each year. That has been counterbalanced by an increase in parcel deliveries and so on. How exactly it manages the pricing of the mail system as it continues to decline so that it does not precipitate further loss of revenue is a balancing act. I would be reluctant to put my toe in the water on that, although I would pay the additional 60 cent to know that the letter has landed at the door.