Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Eleven post offices in my constituency, part of which was included in the Minister's constituency at one stage, will close. I know that post offices will close and that there is nothing we can do about it, but there are post offices that are viable. I speak of those in Gorteen and Ballinfull, County Sligo and Newtowngore, County Leitrim. These post offices would be well able to survive if they were given an opportunity. People must apply to the review. I believe in the public service obligation where needed. Bus services are run in Dublin where there is no problem with the public service obligation. We need money to run these services for the elderly people with whom we are trying to deal because they are being discriminated against.

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