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6 records in IE in 2015

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Question· writtenPQ 687asked

687. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an assurance that there are no plans to privatise any parts of the postal service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36296/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015

687. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an assurance that there are no plans to privatise any parts of the postal service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36296/15]

Question· writtenPQ 1569asked

1569. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he hopes to encourage retention and development of the postal system including utilisation of the network of post offices and sub-post offices, and counter services throughout the country and incorporating suitable or compatible extra modern services, thereby making maximum use of the existing postal service through modernisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32299/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015

1569. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he hopes to encourage retention and development of the postal system including utilisation of the network of post offices and sub-post offices, and counter services throughout the country and incorporating suitable or compatible extra modern services, thereby making maximum use of the existing postal service through modernisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32299/15]

Question· writtenPQ 59asked

59. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 247 to 249, inclusive, of 9 June 2015, and in view of her reiteration in her reply that it is Government policy that An Post remain a strong and viable company which will be in a position to provide a high quality postal service, and maintain a nationwide customer focused network of post offices in the community, the reason it is no longer possible to elect to have a one-person family payment paid at the post office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24057/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2015

59. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 247 to 249, inclusive, of 9 June 2015, and in view of her reiteration in her reply that it is Government policy that An Post remain a strong and viable company which will be in a position to provide a high quality postal service, and maintain a nationwide customer focused network of post offices in the community, the reason it is no longer possible to elect to have a one-person family payment paid at the post office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24057/15]

Question· writtenPQ 58asked

58. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 247, 248 and 249 of 9 June 2015, and in view of her reiteration in her reply that it is Government policy that An Post remains a strong and viable company which will be in a position to provide a high quality postal service, and maintain a nationwide customer focused network of post offices in the community, the reason her Department persists with a policy on the payment of benefits which is so diametrically opposed to overall Government policy; if she will direct her Department to provide practical effect to Government policy by making the option of being paid at a post office available on all benefit application forms, making the forms at least neutral as to the payment option potential recipients may select, and end her Department's blatant promotion of for-profit commercial financial institutions, to the detriment of a nationwide public service, that is An Post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24056/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2015

58. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 247, 248 and 249 of 9 June 2015, and in view of her reiteration in her reply that it is Government policy that An Post remains a strong and viable company which will be in a position to provide a high quality postal service, and maintain a nationwide customer focused network of post offices in the community, the reason her Department persists with a policy on the payment of benefits which is so diametrically opposed to overall Government policy; if she will direct her Department to provide practical effect to Government policy by making the option of being paid at a post office available on all benefit application forms, making the forms at least neutral as to the payment option potential recipients may select, and end her Department's blatant promotion of for-profit commercial financial institutions, to the detriment of a nationwide public service, that is An Post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24056/15]

Question· writtenPQ 248asked

248. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that seven out of the eight of her Department's payment application forms delivered to An Post postmasters recently, as part of their stationary deliveries, recommend that prospective payment recipients should have their payments paid directly into accounts in financial institutions instead of to the local post office, her views on this policy's compatibility with overall Government policy in this area, which when most recently articulated stated that it is Government policy that An Post remain a strong and viable company which will be in a position to provide a high quality postal service and maintain a nationwide customer focused network of post offices in the community; her views on this inherent policy contradiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22168/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2015

248. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that seven out of the eight of her Department's payment application forms delivered to An Post postmasters recently, as part of their stationary deliveries, recommend that prospective payment recipients should have their payments paid directly into accounts in financial institutions instead of to the local post office, her views on this policy's compatibility with overall Government policy in this area, which when most recently articulated stated that it is Government policy that An Post remain a strong and viable company which will be in a position to provide a high quality postal service and maintain a nationwide customer focused network of post offices in the community; her views on this inherent policy contradiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22168/15]

Question· writtenPQ 247asked

247. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that it is Government policy that An Post remain a strong and viable company, which will be in a position to provide a high-quality postal service and maintain a nationwide customer focused network of post offices in the community, if her Department's policy and practice of promoting financial institutions outside the post office network is incompatible with, or contrary to, overall Government policy in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22167/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2015

247. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that it is Government policy that An Post remain a strong and viable company, which will be in a position to provide a high-quality postal service and maintain a nationwide customer focused network of post offices in the community, if her Department's policy and practice of promoting financial institutions outside the post office network is incompatible with, or contrary to, overall Government policy in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22167/15]