Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I hope I will not continue to be interrupted from the other side.

What we need to know is not who the Minister of State will speak to and how many more investigations will be set up but if An Post does not deliver what he needs, will he go around An Post and make sure Government policy is implemented? On what date will he have motor tax services delivered through post offices? Will he tender services to be delivered by some agency of the State within 15 km of 95% of the population? He knows only one person or group can do that. Will he arrange for people to go to a local post office and fill in a social welfare form with a personal identification number with a direct connection to the Department? Will the Minister of State make that happen or will he keep talking? In the meantime, we know the vast majority of post offices have seen a decline in their income through review and are on their day deireadh. It is not time for talk or agreeing with everybody on this side and doing nothing. We need action and we need it now.

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