Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the involvement his Department has had in respect of contracts with a company (details supplied) that provide public private partnership contracts; the nature of the contract; if it was for capital construction or service supply; the duration of each contract; the value of fee commitments; the alternative arrangements he has made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6334/18]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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The company referred to in the Question was awarded a 10 year contract in December 2013 to develop, implement, maintain and promote the use of the National Postcode System "Eircode". The payment to the company for  establishing, operating and maintaining the National Postcode System (NPS) is expected to be €33.3m (VAT inclusive) over the life of the 10 year licence.

The Internal Audit Unit of my Department entered into a contract on 14 August 2012 with one of the company's subsidiaries for the provision of internal audit services. This contract ended on 30 June 2013.  This was a joint contract with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The cost of this contract to my Department was €38,546 (VAT inclusive).