Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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Question 738: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the process whereby a retail outlet may acquire a franchise to operate a post office; the number of franchises granted in 2011; the number likely to be granted in 2012; the criteria used in selecting the location of a post office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18060/12]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Issues relating to the post office network, including the granting of a franchise to a retail outlet for the operation of a post office, are an operational matter for the management and Board of An Post and one in which I have no statutory function.