Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The opportunity for that exists and if all of those who receive social protection payments in a parish were to say that they want the money to be paid into the post office instead of the bank account, it would change the nature of things. Deputy Tom Fleming is also aware of the volume of material coming into the country from outside, which passes through the post offices. The Government does not want to close post offices and the figures, 24 post offices closed since 2010, reflect this. It is important the network is kept alive but it will not be kept alive by people talking about it in here. Local communities will keep post offices alive.

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