Noel Coonan (Fine Gael)

Will the Leader call on the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to intervene in the dispute between An Post and the Postmasters' Union, which has led to private mail going everywhere except to where it should be going? People in rural Ireland are really suffering because of this. Will the Leader ask the Minister to explain why the postmen and postwomen are being forced to carry out actions they would have been dismissed for doing a week ago, namely, sorting mail in their own homes. Private mail is now going anywhere and everywhere expect where it should be going. This is a serious matter, particularly in the lead-up to Christmas.

Will the Leader call on the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary O'Rourke – sorry, Deputy Mary Harney—