Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There are quite a number of areas we could go in this regard. There are a number of post offices around the country where the postmasters and postmistresses say they are not viable and that without an intervention they will be getting out of the service. What is the scale of that? In my area of Bluebell, the post office closed. I know it is only a small area but the effect on the local community and the small row of shops was devastating. People now face the loss of a bus service to bring them to the nearest village of Inchicore. That is the effect in Dublin. The effect in a rural area is tenfold when a post office closes because there is not necessarily the availability of public transport. I understand the need to protect the service, but what is the level of crisis among those who are contractors?