An Post's losses on international inbound mail in the universal postal service

The overarching remit of the Commission for Communications Regulation (“ComReg”) in the postal sector is to ensure the provision of an affordable universal postal service that meets the reasonable needs of all postal service users. In 2014, and in line with legislation, ComReg put a 5-year price cap in place for certain universal postal services provided by An Post, the designated universal postal service provider (“USP”). The price cap, in addition to ComReg’s consent to price increases in 2013, appears to have resulted in significantly reduced losses on the universal postal service and it should, in due course, return those universal postal services which are subject to the price cap to profitability

Is é sainchúram ComReg, san earnáil poist ná cinntiú go bhfuil seirbhís uilíoch poist ar phraghas réasúnta ar fáil agus go gcomhlíonann an tseirbhís sin riachtanais réasúnta a húsáideorí. I 2014, mar a dhearbhaigh an Reachtaíocht, chuir ComReg teorainn praghais le cuid de na seirbhísí uilíoch poist a soláthraíonn An Post, an soláthroír seirbhisí Poist aitheanta. Tá an cuma air, go bhfuil an teorainn seo, chomh maith leis an méadú costais a cheadaigh ComReg i 2013, i ndiaidh líon na gcaillteanas ar an tseirbhís uilíoch poist a ísliú. Caillaíonn sé seo gur cheart go mbeadh