asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if it is proposed to remove the Post Office at Newbridge, County Kildare, to another part of the town, and also, if it is his intention to reduce the present staff, and if he will state his reasons for so doing.
WRITTEN ANSWERS. - THE NEWBRIDGE POST OFFICE.
It is not proposed to remove the Post Office in Newbridge from the present site. Owing to a considerable decrease in the amount of work transacted there, Newbridge is now an office proper to be carried on on the scale payment basis, and the question of transferring it to that basis is under consideration. If this were done there would be alteration in the public facilities given, but the new Sub-Postmaster would have to provide the necessary staff to carry on the office, and the present established force would be otherwise provided for.