John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

The marker is that Fine Gael is encouraging me to do this. I take it that if a decision is made along those lines, Fine Gael would be more than happy to welcome it. To return to the point made by Deputy Hogan, I have a funny feeling that Fine Gael would crow about waste.

This is an issue with which I must deal. I am looking at the best international practice. The problem, as the Deputy knows, is that countries like Germany use these machines and are happy with them. France is currently conducting a study on this to see if these machines can be tampered with in any particular way. I must give consideration to all of these matters.

I will talk to those dealing with the setting up of the electoral commission.

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