Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 July 2023
158. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if an Eircode will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32336/23]
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 all new and existing buildings, as well as changes to existing addresses and Tailte Éireann (formerly Ordnance Survey Ireland) provides the geo-locations for these buildings. An Post GeoDirectory (APG), a subsidiary company of An Post and Tailte Éireann, issue a new release of database files monthly to Capita in accordance with their revised licence agreement.
Capita have advised my officials that they have been in direct contact with the individual in question and will continue to monitor the case, reverting to them with updates as soon as further information is available.
An Post and Tailte Éireann have confirmed to my officials that the property in question has been assigned a verified postal address and geo-location and this information has been added to the An Post database. The updated information will be included in the next update of the database being supplied to Capita from APG.
Due to the growth and success of Eircodes the free to use online Eircode Finder (finder.eircode.ie/#/) receives over two million average monthly lookups and provides both the geographical and postal addresses for properties in the state. There are 2236 business organisations and State Agencies who are licencing Eircodes within their business systems and operations across a wide spectrum of sectors.
In recognition of the fact that earlier assignment of Eircodes for new builds is desirable, Capita have now reduced the timeframe to assign Eircodes from quarterly to a monthly basis. All new Eircodes will be published on the free to use Eircode Finder website, a notification letter will be issued to the property occupant containing the new Eircode and an updated Eircode Database files will be provided to licenced businesses for their use. To date over seven thousand Eircodes have been assigned through the monthly process.
