Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)

This could be a matter of life and death and not simply a matter of what type of post one receives. However, again I am completely baffled by the Minister's answer. I understood him to state that we would have an alphanumeric-based postcode system that could be modified at a later stage to become a location code. He then stated that next year, which is only a few weeks away, we are going to have both. I really do not understand. Are we going to have a location code as a postcode or not? Alternatively, the Minister might clarify whether we are going to have a postcode that could be converted into a location code at some stage in the future but about which a decision has not yet been made. He might also clarify that if we are to have an alphanumeric system, although I would rather opt for a numeric system, will the alphabetic part of the alphanumeric code reflect the name of the area in Irish or English language?

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