Dáil Éireann - Volume 625 - 19 October, 2006

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Mr. Deenihan Mr. Deenihan

Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the number of post offices closed or downgraded throughout the country in the past five years; if such closures are expected to affect the viability of the post office system in the future; the plans he has to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33533/06]

Mr. N. Dempsey Mr. N. Dempsey

  Mr. N. Dempsey: Post office closures and conversions are a matter for the Board and management of An Post and one in which I have no statutory function. Section 12 (3) of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983 states that ‘the company shall have power to do anything which appears to it to be requisite, advantageous or incidental to, or which appears to it to facilitate, either directly or indirectly, the performance by it of its functions as specified in this Act or in its memorandum of association and is not inconsistent with any enactment for the time being in force’.

Question No. 107 answered with Question No. 44.

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