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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

...in a rural area that previously had neither names nor numbers one must decide which house will be number one and which number 13. Even before one names a road, these are contentious issues. Eircode avoids such problems because they can slow down implementation. In the UK they use subdivisions and add letters to numbers. That system might slot properties along a rural road under the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

...by Ordnance Survey Ireland and An Post in the 1990s, 15 to 20 years ago. This address database is already in existence, which is another reason this is such a cost effective way to introduce the Eircode system as proposed. These geocodes referred to by the Deputy - that database - already exists and is already maintained jointly by Ordnance Survey Ireland and An Post. Therefore, even...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Mr. John Tuohy: I thank the committee for having us here. I have provided hard copies of our presentation. There has been much discussion about the Eircode system proposed by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. We are in favour of the system proposed. It is very innovative, has been well thought out and is particularly suited to the conditions in Ireland,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Mr. John Tuohy: Yes. For example, on postal addresses, Ballymacarbry is the postal address for Pinewood Healthcare and it would not be necessary to change this. The great thing about Eircode is it means things do not have to change. I am sure Deputies would rather not deal with people who are concerned about name changes to their roads, towns and areas. Many placenames in Ireland are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

...available. Once every property in the country has a label or code and we know where it is, then it is possible to sequence the delivery route of a driver or postal operator. The first part of the Eircode, the three starting digits, is what we consider a high level code. This will refer to an area. We will have 139 of these "routing codes" as Eircode calls them, but I call them high...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Mr. John Tuohy: I believe the emergency services have come on board in support of the Eircode system now that they have been provided with more information on how it will work. I do not believe the emergency services are officially against its implementation. However, some other companies in our industry have been critical of it. Those are multinational companies that are minority players...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Mr. John Tuohy: During our part of the presentation I used the hypothesis of introducing a UK-style postcode as this would necessitate numbering properties and renaming roads. For clarity, the Eircode system means this is not necessary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Most people will not know their Eircodes. The witnesses will use the corporate knowledge of An Post and Ordnance Survey Ireland to create a table that will allow drivers to know that Michael Colreavy's house is on Main Street, Manorhamilton.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Mr. John Tuohy: Yes. Once the Eircode is attributed to an address it will be in the national database, so whether the Deputy knows it or not we can still look it up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Mr. Tuohy is an excellent champion for Eircode.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

...in Ireland but, for example, I think there is a place called Grange in every county. There is a Kill in every county and there are many Kilmores. All of these names can remain because the Eircode is unique for each address and we need not upset people by changing placenames or the names of roads.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: ...the witnesses and thank them for the presentation, which is very clear. We are getting a different message from them than we got from the Road Hauliers Association. I have two issues with the Eircode system. The overall issue is that I do not quite understand. I always look for simplicity and to my simple mind we are looking at a system under which one has a code that links a building...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the delegates from Nightline. There have been a few detractors with regard to the introduction of the Eircode system. It is refreshing to hear the volume of business Nightline has throughout the country and that it is in favour of this system. A number of people, including those in the emergency services, have been critical of it with respect to a raft of issues. I am not sure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

...how the system will work. The design is sound and it does not need to be revisited as it suits Irish conditions. Implementation is the key and it is important that we inform people of their Eircodes and the importance of using them. The industry must address the roll-out and deal with stakeholder concerns on implementation. There will always be people who doubt the prospects for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...would be a more efficient way of delivering the same thing? I am not necessarily referring to the postcode model in the UK, but we have received a great deal of correspondence on alternatives to Eircode, which would do "what it says on the tin", as Ronseal says, but for much less money. We have a scrutiny role, which is to see whether the tendering was as it should have been, whether the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: The purpose of this morning's meeting is to engage with representatives from Nightline in regard to the new postcode system, Eircode.On behalf of the committee, I welcome Mr. John Tuohy, chief executive of Nightline, which is Ireland's largest independent logistics company, and Mr. Kevin Murray, managing director of Nightline. I draw the witnesses' attention to the fact that by virtue of...