Written answers
Thursday, 14 December 2006
Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Post Office Network
7:00 pm
Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 241: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the post offices, sub-post offices and postal agents which have been closed for each of the years 1997 to date in 2006. [43431/06]
Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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The closure of individual post offices is in the first instance a matter for the board and management of An Post and one in which I have no function.
An Post has supplied the following information.
| Year | Company Staffed Branch Offices Closed | Contractor-operated offices Closed | Postal Agents Closed |
| Jan. 1997 | — | 19 | — |
| 1998 | — | 22 | — |
| 1999 | — | 10 | — |
| 2000 | — | 31 | — |
| 2001 | — | 62 | — |
| 2002 | — | 19 | 2 |
| 2003 | — | 75 | 52 |
| 2004 | 1 | 19 | 17 |
| 2005 | — | 19 | 16 |
| 2006 | — | 17 | 10 |
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