Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

The disruption of postal services at this time of year is industrial suicide and will do untold damage to An Post, its workers and management and the economy. There are 50,000 non-nationals who rely on the postal service to send funds back to their families abroad. In my town of Roscommon, approximately 450 Brazilian workers send money to their families. As the Cathaoirleach will recall, we relied on this money in the 1950s and 1960s. I recall my own family getting cheques from America and Britain which helped to keep families together.