James Heffernan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the setting up of the An Post review group, chaired by Bobby Kerr, and I hope it will make comprehensive recommendations in the next six months. There are significant advantages and value to banking services if they can use a network like An Post with an office in almost every parish.

While I accept it is par for the course for the Minister of State to defend these mailshots, I am glad he will put a stop to them in the future. This will be broadly welcomed by postmasters and postmistresses, as well as the Irish Postmasters Union.