Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Sustainability of Post Office Network: An Post

12:00 pm

Mr. John Daly:

The amber light warning system has come up several times. The network is developed nationwide, which is important for us in retaining and getting new business. To an extent the large urban offices subsidise the small rural ones. An amber light system would be in place for many small offices. I encourage all customers to use rural and urban post offices more. We are not open to providing information on transaction volumes because that would only lay out locations for the competition to pursue. The information is confidential to us and our corporate clients. We would not be able to provide specific information on transaction volumes. There has been comment today that people only use the post office when it is at risk. People should support local post offices now and not wait for that to happen.