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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Codes (7 Mar 2017) See 2 other results from this answer

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 742 to 744, inclusive, together. Capita Business Support Services Ireland, trading as Eircode, was awarded a 10 year contract in December 2013 to develop, implement, maintain and promote the National Postcode System "Eircode". Capita with the approval and on behalf of the Minster have developed the Eircode brand name, trademarks and website. The Eircode...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Codes (16 Jul 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

Alex White: The use of Eircode is voluntary, not mandatory and there will be no requirement to change existing addresses in Irish or English. The Eircode is simply appended to the existing address be it in English or Irish. With the exception of the existing Dublin district codes, all Eircodes will be neutral of location in both the English and Irish language which means that the seven digit code is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Information and Communications Technology (21 Feb 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael Creed: The total cost of upgrading ten major computer systems in the Department  to facilitate Eircode is estimated at €276,375 from 2014 to date. The use of Eircode is not mandatory but the Department has run a number of promotion campaigns, including at the National Ploughing Championships in 2015 and 2016 to encourage farmers to update their contact details to include Eircodes,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Services (24 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Capita Business Support Services Ireland, trading as Eircode, assigns Eircodes to new property addresses using a valid postal address and verified geo-locations. An Post collects information on all new and existing buildings, as well as changes to existing addresses and Ordnance Survey Ireland provides the geo-locations for these buildings. An Post GeoDirectory, a subsidiary company of An...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Postal Codes (20 Jun 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Katherine Zappone: The use of the Eircode location code did not necessitate any upgrade to my Department`s information technology systems or databases and as such, no costs were incurred in relation to its application. The Eircode location code is featured on all Departmental business cards and headed stationery printed since the introduction of the Eircode system and does not incur any cost in addition to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Postcode System Implementation (16 Sep 2016) See 1 other result from this answer

Charles Flanagan: ...with our citizens is through our Passport Service which communicates with a significant number of citizens each year via An Post. In that regard, the Passport Service has considered how best to use Eircode in order to improve our communications with our customers. We have upgraded our processes to allow for the capture and use of Eircode, while a modified passport application form has been...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Logainmneacha na Gaeltachta: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (2 Mar 2022)

Mr. Ben King: When Eircodes started off, Capita engaged with the various different bodies to ensure the design and operation were compliant. As the Minister of State said, the Eircode finder provides Irish-only addresses in Gaeltacht areas. It gives people a choice whether to use Irish or English but it defaults to the Irish version. Capita extracts the Irish language address only and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Services (21 Mar 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Capita Business Support Services Ireland, trading as Eircode, assigns Eircodes to new property addresses using a valid postal address and verified geo-locations. An Post collects information on all new and existing buildings, as well as changes to existing addresses and Tailte Éireann (formerly Ordnance Survey Ireland) provides the geo-locations for these buildings. An Post GeoDirectory...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Codes (14 Jul 2016) See 1 other result from this answer

Denis Naughten: The Emergency Call Answering Service, which takes emergency calls made to 112 and 999 numbers, has integrated Eircodes into their systems and updated their processes to enable the use of Eircodes when presented by callers. The National Ambulance Service have also integrated Eircodes into their Computer Aided Dispatch System and this went live in February 2016. The National Ambulance...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (21 Feb 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Richard Bruton: Eircodes have been appended to addresses on the Department’s Financial Management System and post-primary school addresses on the Department’s central database. Work is currently ongoing to add the Eircode functionality for primary school addresses. A project will commence shortly in my Department to investigate options for the matching of Eircodes...

Other Questions: Postcode Implementation (29 Jan 2015) See 4 other results from this debate

Alex White: ...to develop, roll-out and operate the national postcode system, following a public procurement process. The design for the national postcode system was approved by Government in April 2014. The Eircode brand was launched for the national postcode system on 28 April 2014. The project is currently in the implementation phase. The public awareness campaign began in April 2014 with the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Postcode System Establishment (7 Oct 2014)

Alex White: The Government is fully committed to introducing Eircodes. On 8 October 2013, the Government approved the appointment of Capita Business Support Services Ireland Limited as the company which will develop, roll-out and operate the National Postcode System. During the tender process for the project, the consultants retained by the Department evaluated a range of options for the postcode...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postcode Implementation (25 Nov 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Alex White: Eircodes have been designed to manage challenges around finding addresses in Ireland, specifically the fact that more than 35% of addresses are non-unique. This is why the solution adopted will assign a unique seven digit alpha numeric identifier to each address. Using this approach to assigning codes does not support sequencing of individual codes as such a system is not future proofed in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Postcode Implementation (11 Dec 2014) See 5 other results from this debate

Joe McHugh: 10 o’clock I thank the Deputy for the question. The Eircode postcode has been designed, inter alia, to manage challenges around finding addresses in Ireland, specifically the fact that more than 35% of addresses are not unique. This issue underpins the solution adopted which will assign a unique seven-digit alphanumeric identifier to each address. The first three characters of...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) See 4 other results from this debate

Denis Naughten: First, there are ongoing discussions with An Coimisinéir Teanga in respect of the issues he has raised and we are hoping to progress them. In regard to Eircode, we have no plans whatsoever to change it, in fact I was one of the earliest people to take up Eircode. As I said in the Dáil, I have had the same reservations on Eircode, in particular the annexation of large parts of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Postal Codes (16 Sep 2016) See 1 other result from this answer

Richard Bruton: In general, business units in my Department engage with the school community and in this context, Eircodes have been appended to post-primary school addresses on the Department's central database. Work is currently ongoing to add the Eircodes to primary school addresses. My Department was represented on the interdepartmental group established to implement the postcode system and has...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Postcode System Implementation (14 Jul 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

Paschal Donohoe: ​Eircodes will impact on systems, databases and processes in my Department. Systems must be able to accept and validate Eircodes through online and other interfaces. They must also be able to display Eircodes on screens, websites etc and be able to print them. Pre-population of the larger national databases with Eircodes including the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) in my...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Information and Communications Technology (21 Feb 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My Department has a number of significant business systems which hold address data.  Some of these are nearing end of life, and would not be expected to support Eircodes.  Most other systems support the use of postcodes, which can be used for recording Eircodes.  In that respect, there is no expected cost of upgrading these systems.  One system does not have a dedicated...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Codes (17 Dec 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

Seán Fleming: 669. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will contact Eircode to have a person's Eircode address corrected; if Eircode will review all details in an estate (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45739/15]

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016) See 3 other results from this debate

Mr. Dermot Divilly: Technology has surpassed Eircode and allows addresses to be read. As Deputy Ryan has said, less than 5% of people use their Eircode number. Usage of Eircode is slowly growing. People's experience is that it is an investment for the future and it will take time.