Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Tom Fleming raised an important point that consultation in advance might be an important element of what the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Alex White, is considering. In other words, if the economics of a post office are in serious decline and it is not being used, the community should be informed before a decision is taken to close it down. That is the kind of consultation needed and the community can then see that it will lose its post office unless people change their ways and use it.

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