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

For four months I have questioned the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste on the status of the commitments in the programme for Government relating to post offices. In an article in The Irish Timesyesterday, Pat Leahy states that the Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Ring, has transferred responsibility for post offices over to the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Naughten. What is going on, as the post office network falls down around us? Is this a deliberate policy by the Government? Could we have an honest, direct answer today as to where we stand with regard to post offices?

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