Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 March 2022
167. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason that An Post is not using Eircodes to deliver packages; if there are any plans to correct this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13580/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs Minister of State in the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications, I have responsibility for the postal sector, including the governance of An Post, to ensure the company is fully compliant with the code of practice for the governance of State Bodies and the governance functions included in the statutory framework underpinning An Post.
Operational matters and the role of developing commercial strategies for mail delivery service is a matter for the Board and the management of An Post and not one in which I, as Minister, have a statutory function. Consequently, the mails delivery service is a matter for An Post.
An Post have advised the Department that Eircodes have been fully integrated into An Post’s automated sorting systems, including their mail centres and An Post’s national automated parcel hub (DPH) where Eircode has also been fully integrated in the plant’s operating system. An Post actively encourages the use, by mailers, of a full postal address including Eircode.
