Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is an interesting question to which I do not have an immediate answer. There is an issue in this regard. We have provided financial supports to An Post to support post offices. Increasingly, it is becoming an issue that a postmaster exits and there is no subsequent take-up. I will talk to the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, who has been working with the postmaster organisations, and put Deputy Lahart's suggestion to him.

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