Mr. Éanna Ó Conghaile:

I will answer the question on the use of the post office network, any potential tendering and providing for a new collection agent. The Minister is very conscious of the role that the post office networks play in rural communities. He is aware of the Kerr report and he has made it quite clear that if and when the agency role goes to tender, and if it is taken by another organisation, subject to the caveat that any arrangements would need to be in accordance with state aid and competition rules and so on, the post office network should continue to be the distribution point for the sale of television licences.