Mr. Éanna Ó Conghaile:

My understanding is the revenue is paid to An Post and, as an organisation, it would take in the full amount of commission that we provide to An Post. That includes a smaller element of commission relating to free licences issued by the Department of Social Protection. There is also the issue of licences paid for online and the issuing of physical licences. I am open to correction on this but not all post offices would be An Post post offices. Many of them are run on a contract basis by local postmasters. They are paid based on the commission they get from the sales of licences in each post office. The proposals would not vary from the current way that is established.