Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 June 2016
530. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked 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. [15337/16]
View answerThe cost to date for establishing the National Postcode System (NPS) is €21.205m (VAT inclusive) and is broken down in the following table:
|
Contractual Costs |
Cost to Exchequer over life of the contract (VAT inclusive) |
Paid to end June 2016 (Vat inclusive) |
|
NPS Design |
€3.2m |
€3.2m |
|
PSB Database encoding |
€11.5m |
€11.5m |
|
NPS Launch and dissemination |
€3.77m |
€3.77m |
|
Ongoing maintenance and Service costs |
€14.75m |
€0 |
|
Subtotal |
€33.2m |
€18.47m |
|
Other Costs |
|
|
|
Specialist and Staffing Costs |
€4.8m |
€2.735m |
|
Total Cost |
€38m |
€21.205m |
There has been no spend to date in relation to on-going maintenance. The maximum annual amount that is allocated for the on-going maintenance of the NPS is €1.2m.
