Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will next ask about eircodes. Would the Minister consider making it mandatory that an eircode is displayed on public buildings? On our farm at home, we decided a few months ago to hang a sign on the door of the shed because the moment you need to know your eircode is when you will forget it in a panic. The local school I taught in before becoming a member of the Dáil has its eircode on display. It should nearly be a requirement. It is easy to do. I see that with some of the numberplate manufacturing companies, of which there are many, you can go online and get an eircode numberplate, if you like, for €10 and affix it. It would be great if the Cabinet or the Minister's Department could lead out a policy to make it mandatory for, at a minimum, public buildings, schools and workplaces. Farms are an example that involve a daily risk. The Garda might state that it represents another risk if every house is identified with an eircode but I think it would be a good progression of eircode policy.