Mr. David McRedmond:

Yes, it is really important to us that these services work for An Post and for the postmasters, but ultimately that they work for the customers and that we make better services available. It is also true that a major part of the services that the network provides are Government services and some are up for tender at the moment and will be tendered. It is essential that An Post charges the right amount for those and that the Departments understand that there is a cost to a network. There is a network access fee which we must have in order to maintain the scale of the network so that we have post offices within 15 km in certain areas.