Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

No doubt it has to be built on. I would be worried about the commitment of other Departments to build on that, particularly considering the Department of Finance did not even include An Post in the initial roll-out and trial project for the standard bank account and has been dragging its heels on including An Post in it ever since. Given what the Department of Social Protection did on the day the working group published its consultation, how one will achieve that within Government will be key to the success in ensuring financial inclusion is achieved and the post office network is protected and allowed to build and develop. That is the big task the Minister of State has ahead of him.

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