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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 10, 2018

MOTION NO 19

MOTION: Councillor P. Gogarty, Councillor D. O'Donovan, Councillor L. O'Toole, Councillor F. Timmons

This Council is deeply concerned with the imminent threat of closure of up to 390 Post Offices throughout the country and the threat to the long-term future of the remaining 690 Post Offices. This Council calls for the immediate suspension of the Post Office closures and that the Government enacts the Dáil Motion of the 11th November, 2016, passed by the Dáil - 158 Votes, which calls on the Government to:

“Implement a new community banking service operated by An Post to be made available in all post offices throughout the country; this post community bank could be based on either the New Zealand Kiwibank model or the German Sparkassen model, both of which have been found to be valid models;”

The results of this Council motion to be promptly conveyed to the Minister for Communications, Climate action and Environment and Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, Chair of Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment.

REPORT:

If this Motion is passed, a letter will issue to the relevant Minister and when a reply is received, it will be issued to the Members