David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his response. Certainly, it did come from small businesses. I am also aware of the electoral and boundary issues to which the Minister alluded. It seems that some of these publicity post zones were designed at the time the stagecoach was in vogue. They are quite unwieldy. I am not sure if other colleagues in the House would agree with me but they do not seem to make any sense. They cross county boundaries and so on. Talking about getting business for An Post, would the Minister agree with me that if these publicity post zones were changed, made smaller, more localised and more workable for everybody - including politicians by the way - that An Post might actually garner more business through publicity post and this method of doing it?

Will the Minister comment on whether any of the funding is earmarked for the sustainable post vehicles that are increasingly used across the country? Is that campaign succeeding? We have heard of issues with charging, range anxiety and so on. An Post is doing a good deal of work in that space.

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