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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: At what point will the network be pared back to an extent whereby An Post is in a financially healthy state to take off and generate more revenue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The transformation of which Ms Byrne speaks is fully intertwined with the dismantling of the S52 contract. Some people are still on that contract. Approximately one third of postmasters are on the old S52 contract. If I have my figures correct, approximately two thirds have moved onto the new contract. That new contract is largely unsustainable for the small rural post office. There was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: That is absolutely so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: By design, the new contract ensures that many post offices will close.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It ensures that the collective model is reduced and that some post offices become more viable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: It is the survival of the fittest. It is like a squid game of the post office network. One will survive while another across the road will fall. There is a requirement for everyone to live within a 15 km radius of a post office, which might not sound like anything to someone in an urban constituency such as Dublin but in Clare, the situation on the ground is that if someone who is pushing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: There is always a fascination to the effect that robots will take over the work of humans. Some postmasters believe that is already happening with the advent of PostPoint. One of the solutions of An Post comes up with in response to the closure of post offices is to suggest putting a PostPoint at the back of a Centra or Spar shop. That is convenient from the point of view of a consumer who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Has An Post a strategy to replace physical post offices in rural areas with PostPoint outlets in, for example, Spar shops?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Watt. His response was a bit reassuring. When the Minister of State, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, was before the committee, she talked about the €10 million fund from the Government to be distributed by An Post. We got locked into a discussion of how much each post office will get and we asked will An Post positively discriminate so that rural post offices get a little...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I will wrap it up at that. It is important An Post disburses the fund in line with a pyramid model.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: If the postmaster of a small post office sees that the GPO and the larger city post offices are getting a cut of it, that will erode confidence. I thank witnesses for what they are doing and for their answers.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Heritage Sites (14 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the transfer of Shannon Heritage sites to Clare County Council; and the supports his Department is providing to make this transfer a success. [22302/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (14 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider establishing an innovation hub for sustainable aviation in Shannon, County Clare. [25018/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (14 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 936. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options that are available for children who have been offered a place in a Gaelscoil for their secondary education and are unable to secure a place in an English-speaking secondary school, despite struggling with the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28900/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (14 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 1212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the situation in relation to access to the free tuition scheme for Ukrainian refugees in Ireland and whether they will be entitled to apply for grant-aid via the SUSI system. [30949/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (14 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 1400. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will ensure that all women over the age of 64 years can access free breast cancer screening; if he will outline the aftercare services that are available for women recovering from breast cancer; and when a full lymphoedema clinic will be available in Ennis, County Clare. [28964/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 1449. To ask the Minister for Health when community carers will receive their pandemic bonus payment. (details supplies) [29142/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 1790. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of two additional consultant endocrinologists at University Hospital Limerick whose interviews were scheduled to take place in February 2022. [30366/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (14 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 1791. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the University Hospital Limerick becoming a DAFNE-licensed diabetes centre; and when persons with diabetes attending the hospital will have access to the programme. [30367/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (14 Jun 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 1792. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are approved for Medtronic insulin pumps through the HSE aids and appliances community funds in each of the years 2016 to 2021; the number who are in age categories, 0-14, 15-17, 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64 and over 65 years of age in tabular form. [30368/22]