Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There are many people who might be reluctant to encourage the Department to spend more than that. Given that we spent such a substantial amount, I am sure Mr. Griffin was disappointed with the survey showing 60% of people never, or seldom, used the system. What needs to be done now to encourage people to use it? There is a very clever radio advertisement regarding the ambulance service on which I often remark, but I wonder whether real engagement needs to happen with different agencies. For example, we discussed the electoral reform Bill and the new electoral register this morning, yet there appears to be no basis for starting to work with the postcodes. That is the type of proactive engagement we need to make sure the State recoups its expenditure on the Eircode postcodes system.