Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 176: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if it is the case that the tender process to select an organisation to implement a national postcode has not met the published schedule; if some of the related budget has been allocated elsewhere; and his views on whether the process will be completed in 2011. [19309/11]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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The procurement process to select an organisation to implement a national postcode system is being managed by my Department on a ring-fenced basis. The extent to which the project will be drawing on capital funding in 2011 is a function of the progress of the procurement and the nature of the proposal made by the tender selected by my Department and approved by Government.

As I indicated in reply to Question No. 129 of 18th of May 2011, €2m of the Postcodes Programme allocation for 2011 has been reallocated to the National Energy Retrofitting Programme as part of the Jobs Initiative of the Minister for Finance. This reallocation will be reflected in my Department's 2011 estimate which will be presented to the Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources next week.