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Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: -----I expect the people who are being paid-----

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: -----for the service to give a good service to the people who use the post offices. That is what the people who use the post offices want. The biggest problem is the fact that so few people who use post offices have a full bank account. The purpose of the recent report by Mr. Bobby Kerr and the recent examination under the auspices of the Minister of State for rural affairs was, in fact,...

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: -----who run and who work in the post offices.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: You must be getting all of the shouts out today because you are worried that you will miss them for the next few weeks,-----

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: -----so give it a rest.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: We know you.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: We know you.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: In relation to-----

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: Regarding the standard bank account,-----

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: -----we have put forward detailed-----

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: ------proposals to the Minister for Finance. So has the Kerr report.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: I broadly support the recommendations made in the Kerr report.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: I think they make a lot of sense.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: Deputy Troy spoke a few moments ago as a postmaster. Maybe he will tell us what the postmasters are going to bring to the table,-----

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: -----seeing as how he is standing-----

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: -----here speaking on behalf of them.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: So, in relation to-----

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: -----the forms, this is another issue-----

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: -----that the Deputy is extremely familiar with, which is, all of the forms that relate to social welfare payments are designed and redesigned with a couple of objectives in mind, which is why they take quite a time to design and redesign.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: One is to prevent fraud and the other is to ensure accuracy and simplicity in so far as a long form for a pension application-----