Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for going off script. I hope the script given to him by the Department will not go into the record of the House because one line in it is deeply offensive. It states the letters were issued as part of a small trial to determine the best means of communication with people about their payment options. This is not correct. The letter was basically telling people to go to the banks because the Department wants to get rid of the post offices. Have the letters stopped? Will the working group make a decision to stop the letters? Will no further attempt be made by the Department of Social Protection or any other Department to undermine the post offices in the way this letter sought to do?

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