Brian Hayes (Fine Gael)

They have not been well served by good management in the very recent past. If ever there was an example of botched semi-State management, it is that of An Post. The same group of workers has not received one cent of a national pay award which everyone else in the public service has and they are expected to put up with it. There is a case for a complete change of emphasis and new management at An Post.

The workers at An Post are right to take their day of action today. I hope it is only today, but they need to make the point clear, to the Government in particular, that the management in the most recent past has not served the workers and this semi-State industry well. Until the management and the Government wake up to that fact, we will have further disruption.