Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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I thank the Ministers for being before our committee this evening. I have three points to put. Hopefully, we can deal with each point in a minute and get some responses. There are issues in need of urgent addressing in the upcoming budget. First, on the post office network, most post offices are tied into a contract with the GPO that expired in July. The contractual arrangements going forward are quite precarious, as is the financial model. There is an ask before Government by the Irish Postmasters Union. Indeed, Councillor Tom O'Callaghan in Ennis runs Independent Postmasters of Ireland. Can something be done for post offices in the upcoming budget, please?