Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Also, many people do not realise that they will pay the banks for this service while there is no cost for the service in the post office. Will the Taoiseach talk to the Tánaiste and the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Alex White, about this and intervene directly? This should not be allowed to continue. Will the Taoiseach recognise that the post office network is a national asset and ensure its future by making it the provider of choice and the front office for all Government services, for instance, for the payment of the various local authority charges-----

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