Written answers
Thursday, 13 July 2017
Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
National Postcode System Expenditure
Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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995. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the departmental spend on setting up eircode; the original budget; the spend on ongoing maintenance costs since it was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33576/17]
Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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Capita Business Support Services Ireland, trading as Eircode, was awarded a 10 year contract in December 2013 to develop, implement, maintain and promote the use of the National Postcode System "Eircode".
The cost to date for establishing the National Postcode System (NPS) is €21.48m (VAT inclusive) and is broken down as follows:
| Contractual Costs | Expected Cost to Exchequer over life of the contract (VAT inclusive) | Paid to end June 2017(Vat inclusive) |
|---|---|---|
| NPS Design | €3.20m | €3.20m |
| PSB Database encoding | €11.50m | €11.50m |
| NPS Launch and dissemination | €3.77m | €3.77m |
| On-going maintenance and Service costs | €14.75m | €0.11m |
| Subtotal | €33.22m | €18.58m |
| Other Costs | ||
| Specialist and Staffing Costs | €4.80m | €2.90m |
| Total Cost | €38.02m | €21.48m |
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