Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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294. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the detail of his responsibility for the An Post network and the corporate governance of An Post. [17237/17]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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As Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, I have responsibility for the postal sector, including the governance of An Post, to ensure the company is fully compliant with the code of practice for the governance of State bodies and the governance functions included in the statutory framework underpinning An Post.

On foot of a reconfiguration of Government Departments in July last year, responsibility for the post office network transferred to the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.  Arrangements are in hand to reassign this responsibility to my Department given my overall responsibility for An Post.

I should point out, however, that operational matters and the role of developing commercial strategies for the post office network will remain a matter for the board and management of An Post and are not ones in which I, as Minister, will have a statutory function.