Key actors in the NPP

Citizens:
Every citizen with a home address

Business & Organisations
Every business, organisation and department with an address in Ireland. Every organisation that stores customer or member address data would be impacted by the postcode system.

An Post:
The national post service.

3PL Industry:
Transportation, freight forwarders, parcel services, and third party logistics providers (3PL)

Hybrid e-tailor/fulfilment enterprises
Specialist warehousing, pick and pack, robotic distribution centres

ComReg/ODTR
Established in 1999 the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) operated from 1999 to 2002 run by a single commissioner. The Commission was replaced by the Office of the Director of Telecommunications Regulator (ODTR) in 2003 and the governance structure altered to rotate the director annually.

ODPC
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC)

Internet commerce services
Any retailer e-tailer offering products for sale via e-commerce that ship goods to addresses in Ireland. Impacted by mandatory postcode fields in customer registration and address delivery forms.

Geographical and Location Data Service Providers
Firms and organisations including GeoDirectory, OpenPostcode, Loc8Code and Go Code

GPS Technology
SatNav devices, smart phones with GPS functionality.

Producer/consumers of Demographic Data
The CSO (Central Statistics Office) and other agencies aggregating citizen data based on geographic location and address such as the HSE (Health Services Executive), city and county councils, the Revenue Commissioners.

Service and utility providers
Any organisation that captures and utilises address data for service provision and billing, e.g. gas, water, electricity, telephone, broadband.

Emergency services and first responders.
Garda (Police), Fire, Ambulance, emergency and council services.

EU
The European Union, promoting member state commitment to deregulating and introducing competition into service sectors.