Mr. David McRedmond:

They are very different and that is not just in Ireland. I speak to my colleagues across Europe. Wherever there is a post office network, the company offices - whether it is An Post, the Portuguese postal service or whatever - are never as efficient. I cannot entirely explain why, but they just are not. I totally respect that postmasters are delivering more efficiently and are doing it very well. I am very proud to say that our company offices do a very good job as well but they tend to be a bit different and larger. I repeat that we do everything we can to increase the income to postmasters, for example by getting new banking services or new financial services. We are currently in discussions with the Department of justice.