Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy knows, An Post has faced a continuous decline in its mail business, which has put the company under significant pressure. As part of a negotiation of new industrial relations approaches, An Post agreed a pay increase with workers but one of the conditions attached was that one of the mail centres would be closed. It is for the board of An Post to decide which of the four centres will be closed and I do not know of any decision taken in that regard.

On a positive note, as a result of the agreement, An Post has been able to significantly expand its parcel business. It has put itself in a much stronger position and is growing rapidly in that new area. It is seeking to diversify away from what is, unfortunately, a business in structural decline. The volume of mail, because of the use of the electronic alternatives-----

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