C&AG report: Questions over value of €38m Eircode

The State’s spending watchdog questions whether Ireland’s €38m postcode system will be value for money, and raises concerns with a number of aspects of its introduction.

Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) Seamus McCarthy dedicates a chapter of his annual report to Eircode, and concludes that “it is not clear that benefits to the value projected will be achieved as a result of the implementation of Eircode”.

The report found the postcode project was subject to a number of delays; that the Government failed to deal with identified risks in a timely manner; and that the costs of the “project increased substantially relative to the estimates upon which decisions were based”.