David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his response. I am sure he will agree with me that An Post is a very important institution or organisation in the State. It does great work, especially what it did over Covid. The work the postmen and postwomen who went out and linked with people who were isolated at that time did was hugely important. I draw the Minister's attention to the publicity post An Post operates. The Minister mentioned small business in his reply. Publicity post zones have not been changed for quite a while. Many of them are very arbitrary. They are very awkward to work on for businesses in that they cross county boundaries and so on. Has the need for these zones to be looked at and amended been brought to the Minister's attention? As a member of the relevant committee, I have been in contact with An Post on a few occasions asking it to consider this. It has agreed there is a need for it but nothing has happened in the last number of years. Will the Minister comment on that please?

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