John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)

The current regulatory framework grants An Post a legal monopoly in the provision of certain mail services in order to help it meet the costs of meeting its universal service obligation. Liberalisation of the mail market in Ireland has already commenced. Since the transposition of the two postal directives, the area of the market reserved exclusively for An Post has been reduced to 50 gm since 1 January last.

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