Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent public and national concern, namely, to allow the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to report to the House on delays that are occurring with post due to staff shortages which are a result of management's refusal to recruit additional staff until they have forced the unions to agree to no contract and productivity stipulations; to ask if he is aware that no new staff have been recruited since 2003, during which time 600 people have left, and that this has resulted in situations such as mail being moved from Clondalkin to Portlaoise and back to Dublin again due to staff shortages, with resulting delays of days in delivery; and for him to report on what measures he has taken to avert the impending industrial action to which the above has contributed.

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