Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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895. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the report by Mr. Bobby Kerr into the future of the post office structure will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46882/15]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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The remit of the Post Office Network Business Development Group (the 'Group') was to examine the potential from existing and new Government and commercial business that could be transacted through the Post Office Network. The Group presented an initial report to me in May 2015, which outlined that the future of the Post Office Network would be best secured by seeking out opportunities in the following areas: financial services, including basic banking for the unbanked; Government services; social capital and enterprise and white labelling of financial and other products.

The Group's Final Report has recently been furnished to me by the Chair, Bobby Kerr. I intend to bring it to Government in the next few weeks, ahead of publishing it soon thereafter.