Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 September 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Post Office Closures: An Post

Mr. Garrett Bridgeman:

On the parcel business, we have 35 DSUs, delivery units, in County Cork. The ones in the north and south of the city, Ballincollig for example, need to be adapted for the parcels world; we will need to invest in those facilities in order that they can handle parcels. All of the 240 staff members in the Cork mail centre were offered voluntary redundancy - a significant number have taken that up - and redeployment. Redeployment can be to any of the other 650 positions we have within County Cork. As Mr. McRedmond has said, when they transfer they will keep their existing terms and conditions.