James Bannon (Fine Gael)

The Department of Agriculture and Food advises people to draw their social welfare payments and agricultural grants through the banks and building societies and ignores the post office network. The Government is closing the post office network by stealth. In the run up to the next election it has crocodile tears when it tells the people it is doing its best to keep rural Ireland alive. The Government is not keeping rural Ireland alive, it is closing the rural post office network and this should not be allowed.