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Pádraig Delargy blasts ‘second-class system’ and '10 day delays', Royal Mail denies claims
Derry Journal
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03/07/2025
Pádraig Delargy blasts ‘second-class system’ and '10 day delays', Royal Mail denies claims
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Can I call you how I rise today to raise postal delays in Derry. On a recent visit to Royal Mail's
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sorting office in Derry, staff informed me that letters were sometimes waiting nine or ten days
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before they were delivered.
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Staff have noted that they were told to prioritise parcels, overtime has been curtailed, and that
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holiday periods are often uncovered, creating an untouched backlog of mail when staff return
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from leave.
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The resultant impact of a prioritisation of parcels is constituents missing vital hospital
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appointment letters, financial information and other time-bound and sensitive information.
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I therefore recently wrote to both the Consumer Council and to Ofcom requesting that they
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look into the following six critical issues impacting people in Derry.
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To what extent Royal Mail is meeting its public service obligation to customers?
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Number two, the potential health impact of missing vital hospital, particularly cancer, appointment
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letters resulting in delayed diagnosis and treatment.
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Number three, the potential loss of earning financial and impact of receiving financial
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and insurance letters significantly later than expected.
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Four, the potential judicial impact of missing jury service and pressing legal letters.
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Five, the potential financial impact of late bill or fine payments as a result of not receiving
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letters in a timely and efficient manner.
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And six, the impact on small businesses of not being able to effectively and efficiently
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send or receive letters in a timely manner.
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There are countless other issues which we could rehearse but this is about changing the system.
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It's about Royal Mail firstly recognising the problem and secondly putting in place strategic
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and robust measures to change.
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People in Derry will not accept a second class system from Royal Mail.
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People are often left waiting on vital healthcare letters which mean that they miss appointments, receiving
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the letters days after the appointment has taken place and our office has been contacted by
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people who are waiting on a cancer diagnosis, obviously and naturally worried about the impact
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that this will have on their treatment options.
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Ken Colia, it's also deeply unfair that our postal staff who work tirelessly in all conditions
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all year round are bearing the brunt of decisions taken by the management of Royal Mail.
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Royal Mail need to meet their public service obligations.
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They need to get mail out to people in Derry in a timely manner and they need to take responsibility
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at management level to make this happen.
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Goera maigit.
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