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

I will do a little further research on that but I understand the practice throughout the EU is that, although the technology is there, the identification potential is not reduced to fewer than a cluster of four or six houses.

The reason I asked for the financial information was that PA Consulting did a report, although I do not have the date for it. However, based on 2007 figures, it lists the implementation costs and the net value over 15 years. Private postal services, banking, retail, telecommunications and insurance are listed. It appears that an agency like An Post will carry a lot of the financial load here. While other areas will see an increase in the value over 15 years, An Post will see a big loss by virtue of the heavy implementation costs. I do not have information from the Minister's Department, so perhaps we could have that information on the establishment cost, the implementation cost, the maintenance cost and the life-cycle cost.

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