Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that he is taking to ensure that new Eircodes are assigned in a timely manner rather than in batches every few months. [55047/22]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Capita Business Support Services Ireland, trading as Eircode, assigns Eircodes to new property addresses using a valid postal address and verified geo-locations. An Post collects information on all new and existing buildings, as well as changes to existing addresses and Ordnance Survey Ireland provides the geo-locations for these buildings. An Post GeoDirectory (APG), a subsidiary company of An Post and Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi), issue a new release of the GeoDirectory database file on a quarterly basis to Eircode in accordance with their licence agreement. On foot of the success of Eircodes I asked my officials to investigate a move to a system where Eircodes for new properties are assigned on a monthly basis as opposed to the quarterly release schedule. Capita has been working intensively with An Post, OSI, and APG, supported by my Department, on this issue. I am informed that the pilot is on track and milestones are all being delivered. I look forward to providing a further update on conclusion of the pilot.