Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 445: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will continue to maximise the role of post offices by way of all social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28089/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The current range of payment options offered by the Department to customers includes payment via local post offices; certain credit unions that have been authorised by the banking and credit union regulators; and bank or building society accounts, including Postbank. Other than jobseekers that can only be paid at a post office, customers opt for a particular payment method having regard to their own circumstances.

The current contract with An Post covers the period up to December 2013.