552. Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the new national postcodes system, Eircode, will work in conjunction with standard sat-nav devices and applications on mobile devices such as Google maps, to make it easier for members of the public to find addresses and businesses accurately. [45130/14]

The Eircode is designed to help find relevant location and routing information and integrate with GPS devices and smartphones. It will also be mappable onto defined national boundary sets such as counties, electoral districts and small areas.