asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs whether it is proposed to establish a new sub-post office in the neighbourhood of Camus, County Galway, to serve the people of the surrounding villages, some of whom have to travel nine miles to the nearest post office.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - County Galway—New Sub-Post Office.
Seán Mac Eochagáin
For the reasons set out in my reply of the 2nd December last to similar questions relating to other centres, no new sub-post offices are being opened except in areas where the population has significantly increased and their provision would be economic in relation to the volume of business offering. The population of the Camus district has shown a decrease in recent years and the amount of postal business likely to be transacted would not justify the cost of establishing and maintaining a suboffice there. In the circumstances I regret that it will not be possible to establish a sub-post office at Camus.