Independent TD Mattie McGrath has called on the Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar to respond positively to the latest calls of the Irish Postmasters Union (IPU) to support the viability of the rural post office network.
Deputy McGrath was speaking after the IPU, at their Annual Conference in Athlone, called for the suspension of a proposal which would see the roll out of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) to banks and away from the post office network.
The Co Tipperary TD called Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar to put a halt to the migration of payments through the banks and to promote the Post Office Network as the provider of choice for social protection payments.
