Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----An Post, working with postmasters and getting agreement and endorsement from them in a ballot, as well as working with the Minister, Deputy Naughten, in particular, who has really taken this issue hugely seriously as a priority in government, is ensuring that we have a future for a post office network that can help a thriving rural economy to grow and develop in the future.

Of course, there is service provision on which we need to focus. I have a whole list of west Cork hospitals in which we are currently investing, from Skibbereen to Bandon, Clonakilty, Dunmanway, Kinsale and Castletownbere. On the other issues the Deputy raised here, such as cataracts, there is ongoing work but we are putting increasing resources into these areas to resolve them.

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