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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: I agree with the Senator. We have a role to play in saying members of the public need to use their local post office and getting that message out there. I have attended public meetings where people were outraged that their local post office was closing but, when we go through the numbers, the footfall is just not there in some post offices. We have a role to play, as does An Post. This is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: It is about providing the services the public will use and are interested in using so they will want to go to the post office. An Post has a strong role in that. It is focused on the modernisation of the network. It has done a significant amount of work over the past number of years on turning it around. This is a very important and pivotal moment for the post office network. It is down...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Senator for those comments. I am on the record in stating the importance of having that regional connectivity. As the Senator knows, we funded part of the new runway at Cork Airport. I was honoured to officially open it. It is critical we maintain our existing airport network, which was what I was focused on during the pandemic. We now need to keep reviewing this constantly...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: The decisions airlines make regarding where they fly into are commercial.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: Absolutely. The money we gave, for example, to Cork was €8.3 million. That was for Cork Airport to directly engage with airlines, to attract and to incentivise them to bring in more-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: I am ensuring that our airports are supported. Cork Airport received over €22 million last year in a range of supports. That included the regional airports programme and the Covid supports. Airlines make their own commercial decisions as to where they will go. It is up to the airports to deal directly with them. I take the points raised earlier about regional connectivity and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Senator Buttimer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: No, that was An Post.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: The €10 million will come into being from 1 January of next year. The €8.5 million pandemic relief fund negotiated between the IPU and An Post was over 18 months. This €10 million is over 12 months.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: This needs to get state aid approval, which we are very sure we will get. It will be a grant given by the State to the postmasters but through An Post, so An Post will administer the grant. It will be done in consultation between the IPU and An Post and will then be approved by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: The exact workings of that have to be figured out between the IPU and An Post, and then it will be agreed by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The aim is to target those that are struggling the most so as to ensure that we can keep the existing post office network open and that those that are most in need will benefit most. How it will work out will have to be worked out...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: The Government decision was yesterday.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: Yes. I would say very soon. There is no issue with this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: It will be ready by 1 January because the €8.5 million pandemic relief fund ends on 31 December. It will be in time for that. That is a guarantee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: An Post will administer it. I do not have the details as to how that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: They will be, between the IPU and An Post.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)
Hildegarde Naughton: Saturday.