Michael Colreavy (Sligo-North Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The launch of Eircode is due to take place in quarter two of 2015. I still struggle to understand the reason we are spending so much on the system and why it is being described as the best system in the world. One thing has become clear: if it is to be used as a system beyond a postal and delivery aid, it will depend on a major clean-up of databases in all Departments.

We are probably talking about years, if not decades, before it is the system some people think it has the potential to become. Have other Departments made any financial provision to prepare for using Eircode as a tool in managing their operations, as was envisaged by the architects of the system?