Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Government values the network of post offices and has written to people to say that any new business opportunities or options will be followed through. Mr. Bobby Kerr is hugely experienced in this area and he will report to the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Alex White, by the autumn on the terms of reference as set out. Some 24 were closed since 2010, with 197 closed between 2006 and 2010. The figures speak for themselves and, of that 24, the Deputy will understand the circumstances that apply in a number of those cases throughout rural Ireland.

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