Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 June 2017
214. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the widespread inaccuracies in the Eircode address system; the impacts that it has on persons' homes and insurance costs; and his plans to address same. [26321/17]
View answerCapita 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".
All postal addresses, geographical addresses and geo-locations are provided to Eircode from authoritative sources, namely An Post and Ordnance Survey Ireland through their subsidiary company An Post GeoDirectory.
Eircode does not change existing addresses and the Eircode can be simply added to the address normally used for the property. This address can be the most commonly used address, postal address or/and the geographical address. The free to use online Eircode Finder (https://www.eircode.ie/, which remains very popular with the public with just under 10 million searches since the finder went live, provides both the geographical and postal addresses for properties in the state.
Residents who have queries relating to Eircodes can contact Eircode by phone on 0818 300 005, email hello@eircode.ie or by post to Capita Business Support Services Ireland Ltd, Block C, Maynooth Business Campus, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, W23 F854.
