Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State studiously avoided answering my question about the Government's plan to close further post offices in the next number of years. It does plan to close a number of post offices in rural areas in the next number of years.

Unfortunately, it is now too late to transfer the motor tax service to the post offices. If people were to go to a county council office to pay their motor tax, they would probably see weeds growing along the ground. Most people are dealing with their motor tax online. The transfer of driver licence renewal business to the post offices would have provided an opportunity to give viability back to post offices. That business was given to a private company, as such.

I understand that Bobby Kerr's report has been published. What elements of it have been implemented to date? The two questions to which I would love answers are how many offices will the Minister close in the future and what elements of that report have been implemented?

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