Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I had a discussion with the energy regulator this morning. He is quite willing to come to the AV room in order to discuss the whole area with Members of the House and I will try to arrange that also.

Senator Kelly and several others also spoke about the security of rural post offices as well as the future of rural post offices and bank branches. For the banks it is a commercial decision. I know it has devastating effects on local communities to have bank branches and post offices closed. As regards security, I agree that every assistance should be given and protocols will need to be examined to secure our local post offices.

Senator Quinn spoke about the paper trail. We have repeatedly tried without success especially regarding the big brown envelopes, including the Order of Business and several other items. We still have them. I do not know what we need to do in order to rid ourselves of them, but we will continue to try.