Mr. John Tuohy:

What Deputy Colreavy is referring to is the geodirectory. This was a joint effort by Ordnance Survey Ireland and An Post in the 1990s, 15 to 20 years ago. This address database is already in existence, which is another reason this is such a cost effective way to introduce the Eircode system as proposed. These geocodes referred to by the Deputy - that database - already exists and is already maintained jointly by Ordnance Survey Ireland and An Post. Therefore, even today, if new properties are created, they are already being added to that database. What Eircode will do is just add another column to that database, adding the Eircode to those properties. Therefore, I do not see how an issue arises, as this database is being maintained already and people can subscribe to that service and get the new geodirectory updates that issue four times a year.