Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Sustainability of Post Office Network: An Post

11:30 am

Mr. John Daly:

We are aware of the generational issue. Traditionally, many of our customers were of the older generation. Certainly we have been working hard in recent years to introduce products such as foreign exchange, gift vouchers and Postfone, which would bring these people across our doors. The deals we had with AIB and Danske Bank have brought some of their young customers into An Post. We are conscious that we need to introduce products that will bring these customers through our doors; in fact, they have been coming through our doors. The post offices have never been busier than today. That is due to all the additional products we have introduced. I accept that there is still a concentration on social welfare, but many new products are bringing new customers through our doors.