Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

That is one question. The other question concerns postal services. This morning the Joint Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources had a meeting with An Post. The EU directive that requires liberalisation of the market has serious implications for such services, particularly in rural Ireland. It would clearly require legislation, which is long overdue. I do not think we have had proper postal legislation since independence. Are we to have legislation on our postal services that meets the needs of the 21st century?

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