Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

As Deputy Enright stated, my Department must comply with competition law, European regulations, services directives and so on and cannot do anything that goes against them. At the same time, however, everybody appreciates the value of the post office in terms of accessibility for recipients of social welfare payments. An Post currently plays a major role in regard to the provision of such services and I envisage it will continue to play a strong role in this regard.

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