Contracts were recently signed for the 3.5 million euro project, and it's due to be substantially complete in August 2025.

He claims businesses that availed of debt warehousing are now receiving letters from Revenue demanding repayment.

It comes as Finance Minister Michael McGrath draws up plans to allow three to five years for companies to finish paying their debts.

The Roscommon branch will join 95 per cent of the country's 900 plus post offices and become a contractor-run post office.

Plans included the construction of a single storey supermarket with an ancillary off-licence sales area.

Speaking in the Dáil on Tuesday, Deputy MacSharry said it was widely accepted that the minimum wage increase was vital for workers but that employers shouldn't be made take the brunt of the expense alone.

47 visits were made to neighbouring Galway in the same time frame.

The occasion is a popular event in the calendar each year.