Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

Sometime before the last election, the postal services miscellaneous provisions Bill was promised in this House. The European courts made a decision in the last few days which now affects positively the future of An Post and the postal services. Is it the Taoiseach's intention to restore that Bill to the Order Paper? The way has now been cleared for it. We need to ensure that the haphazard closure of post offices and sub-post offices throughout the country does not continue.

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