Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will not go over all the ground covered again. Of course we congratulate An Post on winning the contract. What sort of a red herring is that? It is a smoke screen to say we did not congratulate An Post.

Why does the Minister regard it as necessary to change the legislation? I have already pointed out that the contract cannot be challenged on any new basis because one does not change the legislation. If the contract was to be challenged it would be on the basis that An Post was specifically mentioned in the 2005 legislation. The contract was granted before this new amending legislation came in. What is the necessity for changing the legislation? What is the hidden agenda here?

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