Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Our postmaster in Kiskeam refused to take voluntary redundancy and we must pay huge tribute to him for trying to hold the post office in our community. Although we have the matter of commercial sensitivity and all the rest of it, An Post is a social contract with the people. We have to fundamentally understand that. Every community that loses a post office loses the heartbeat of the community and its social contract. We have to make up our mind as a people as to whether we are going to make sure that these rural communities are vibrant into the future. If we start losing services, we will curtail their ability to be relevant. I know many of my colleagues want to speak on this and I will give them as much time as possible.

We need to make sure the social contract is in place. That underlines the reason we are in favour of having a public post office in each and every community.

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