Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 September 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Post Office Closures: An Post

Mr. David McRedmond:

I will answer the last point. Mr. Bridgeman will answer the question about our plans in Cork and what we may do there.

There are no plans to employ agency staff or to employ staff on lower wages. I absolutely understand that when employees are under pressure from redundancies, inevitably there are such rumours, but I can state categorically that we have no such plans. Our intention is to provide a first-class service and be a first-class employer. Even in difficult circumstances, where we have to make staff redundant, offering decent work is one of our values. It is a core value which I, personally, hold very high, as does An Post.