Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the Loc8 postcode system which was developed after ten years, consultants reports, and three years of research costing €1million is not being used for the new postcode system even though it is capable of doing everything that Capita have been asked to devise. [44030/13]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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On 8 October I announced the Government had approved, subject to contract, the launch of a national postcode system in 2015.

Subject to contract, the preferred bidder will design and run the postcode under license for an initial ten year period extendable at the discretion of the Minister for Communications by a further five years.

The new postcode system will provide a unique code to every postal address in Ireland, including individual apartments.

The Government decision followed the conclusion of a public procurement and tender evaluation process which was conducted by my Department. The process identified a consortium headed by Capita as the preferred bidder The bid was appropriately selected on the basis of the criteria developed and used as part of that procurement.