Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The report that was leaked was one that was commissioned by An Post for An Post; it is not a Government report. The Kerr report will be brought in by the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, shortly and will set out the realism here where Government can actually support rural post offices. We decided three years ago, when Deputy Howlin was in government, to have basic banking facilities in post offices, suitable for some but not for everyone. In the case of quite a number of post offices that closed recently in the west, nobody wanted to take them on and they just closed. There is a requirement for An Post to advertise, communicate locally and invite expressions of interest from anybody who wants to take on a post office.

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