Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am coming to that. An Post has made a decision solely because it wants a number of post offices closed across the country. It has nothing to do with their viability. The programme for Government states that the Government would actively encourage payments at post offices and enhance the role of services in post offices, which would deliver a wide range of services. When will the Taoiseach do this? Would he and the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten, intervene and ask what the rationale is for closing a viable post office?

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