The idea of a mobile post office service is set to form part of a plan aimed at safeguarding post offices that will go to Cabinet in the coming weeks.
The proposals are being drawn up by Minister of State for Regional Economic Development Michael Ring, who has said the Government will not close any post offices.
However, Mr Ring did warn in the Dáil last week that some are not viable.
There are more than 1,100 post offices across Ireland, but over 200 have shut in the past decade.
The measures the Government will consider soon are also likely to include a retirement incentive scheme for post offices no longer profitable.
There could also be a proposal to offer a top-up of around €4,000 for struggling offices that want to stay open.
It is understood the plan is looking at the concept of redrawing the network so there would be a distance of at least 15km between offices.
