Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Three weeks ago in this Chamber I asked the Taoiseach about the state of the post office network. I asked him what was happening with regard to the programme for Government. I asked him if he would act on the Kerr report, and I also asked him if there was a need to introduce legislation to give a new lease of life to post offices. The Taoiseach gave me an assurance on the day but from reading the print press in recent days, it is now clear that the post office network is collapsing and it is disgraceful that the Government is sitting on its hands, as it were, and doing nothing. When we speak about the post office service, the reality is that old people and those with a disability use the post office more than any other people. Therefore, we are discriminating against people who need that service. I will ask the Taoiseach one or two questions.

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