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

I delivered on the ground. The Minister of State knows that and he admitted it to me many times.

The Minister of State claims he has no responsibility for An Post but gives us no explanation regarding where the Minister is. Under Standing Orders, the Minister responsible is meant to take Topical Issues.

I am realistic enough to know there is migration away from postal services and we all use the Internet more. However, there are plenty of other services which can be put into the post offices. The Government has been talking about this for six years but N-O-T-H-I-N-G - nothing, tada, rud ar bith - has happened. That is our question. Is the Government going to let these post offices wither on the vine and disappear or realise it has ultimate responsibility for them?

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