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National Postcode System Establishment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 January 2014

Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Questions (449, 450, 463)

Clare Daly

Question:

449. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the latest developments with regard to the new postcode system; the amount expended on this project to date; and the stage the tender process is at. [1091/14]

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Michael Moynihan

Question:

450. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the fees paid to date to a company (details supplied) for advice on the introduction of postcodes; the total agreed fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1162/14]

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Michael McGrath

Question:

463. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a new tender was issued in December 2013 in respect of the planned national postcode system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1302/14]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 449, 450 and 463 together.

On 8 October 2013, the Government approved, subject to contract, the appointment of Capita Business Support Services Ireland Limited as the company which will develop, roll-out and operate the National Postcode System following the conclusion of the public procurement process. This company will operate the postcode under licence for an initial ten year period extendable at the discretion of the Minister for Communications by a further five years. The contract for these services was signed in December 2013.

The postcodes contract is expected to cost around €16m as the postcode system is developed and rolled out over the next 2 years and there will be a cost of about €1.2m per year over the remainder of the licence period. There have been no fees paid to Capita to date.

It is intended that householders will be informed of their postcodes in 2015 when the system will come into operation. In the meantime the ground work required to design the code and update private and public sector databases to accommodate the new postcode system has just been commenced by Capita.

The procurement cost of this project from 2010 to date is €909,702 (incl VAT).

The recent request for tender that issued from my Department on 23 December 2013 is for technical advice and support services to the Department during the implementation of the National Postcode System.

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