Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 December 2021
15. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a club (details supplied) in County Kerry will be assigned an Eircode postcode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62308/21]
View answerCapita 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 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, a subsidiary company of An Post and Ordnance Survey Ireland, issue a new release of the GeoDirectory database file on a quarterly basis to Eircode in accordance with their licence agreement. Each new postal address assigned an Eircode is published on the free to use Eircode Finder website, a notification letter is issued to the property occupant containing the Eircode of that address and an updated Eircode Database is provided to licensed businesses for their use. Eircode have informed my Department that over 160,000 property addresses have been assigned an Eircode since the launch in 2015.
An Post have informed my officials that they have recently updated the property’s address data on their systems, and this information will be issued from An Post GeoDirectory to Eircode. My Department has requested Eircode to contact and liaise directly with the individual in question regarding the assignment of an Eircode for this property address.
