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Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Wait until they get to Newtownmountkennedy.

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: I move: That Dáil Éireann, acknowledges the: central role and function of the post office and postal services in the social and economic life of the country; commitment of the post office, collection and distribution services since the foundation of the State; ongoing need for the provision of a modern, efficient, reliable and competitive postal service through An Post, in keeping with the...

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: First, I call on the Government to use its influence in a positive way to address any outstanding issues relating to labour relations in An Post, which have caused unease and distrust in the past, and to clarify the circumstances whereby salary, pension payments or increases due or anticipated are to be met. I readily recognise that the chief executive officer of An Post has done a...

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: And falling.

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: I bet he does.

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Is that not lovely?

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister of State did not say a word about it either. What was the Opposition doing?

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: There was not a word from the Minister of State.

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: We have to be careful with it.

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: That is not a great help either.

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: It is like electronic voting.

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: In 1997.

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: It would help though.

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: They are being paid. The minimum wage would not go down too well.

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: However, they need to be paid.

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: We know.

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Political agreement — we will need to remember that one.

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: That may well be a bad decision.

Postal Services: Motion (5 Dec 2006)

Bernard Durkan: This only affects the postal service, as the Minister of State knows.