Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy asked about storage in a centralised location owned by the State. I presume there would be some cost involved, because the Department of Defence might have other use for that space. The Deputy will agree that in the circumstances it makes much more sense to bring them back to a central location and store them there, though normally the electoral equipment is distributed among the returning officers. The circumstances in this instance are such that it would make much more sense to bring back the equipment to a central location. There will be some cost in breaking contracts but we will have to bear it.

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