Reduction in income
Debbie Byrne, the managing director of An Postâs retail network, also appeared at the virtual committee meeting alongside Mr McRedmond. When pressed for details by the committee chairman, Fine Gaelâs Kieran OâDonnell, on whether postmasters would see a reduction in their income from July 1st, she said that, with the pandemic fund, it would be âthe sameâ.
Ms Byrne said the fund payments would reflect the loss of business caused by a reduction in footfall due to most social welfare payments, such as the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP), being paid straight into bank accounts with no element of âsigning onâ at a State facility.