Meet the Minister for Postcodes and Broadband

The new Eircode postcode system was introduced last week, to a great deal of confusion. Here's what we do know, however: * 2.2m homes and businesses across the country will be receive their new code in the post in the coming weeks. *Every household will be notified of their Eircode, no one needs to apply for it. Current postcodes like Dublin 1 becoming D01, while Galway gets H. * The Eircode system will be optional, so homes do not have to use their codes if they do not want to.The new postcodes will not eliminate any existing addresses. * The Eircode website is now live, and there is a limit of 15 searches a day for people to look up addresses. We asked Communications Minister Alex White to explain it to us. He also spoke about the government's plans to ensure that every house and business in Ireland will have access to high-speed broadband within five years.