Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The €10 million per annum is very welcome. Everybody recognises that. Does the Minister of State recognise it is too little, too late for the ones that have closed? It is harder to reopen something after it has closed but is there recognition that they were a vital part of the community that should never have gone? Does the Minister of State have an ambition to reopen those post offices in areas where people do not have them any more? The impact of that is still being felt, particularly by older people in rural areas and people with disabilities who cannot easily access other towns and villages, particularly in the absence of suitable public transport for many disabled people.

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