Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Previously on the Order of Business the Taoiseach gave a commitment that the Government would support the post office network. Last night the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, confirmed that her Department had sent thousands of letters inviting people in receipt of the State pension to have payments made directly into their bank accounts, rather than at post offices.

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