John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

The Deputy knows only too well that the commission on electronic voting carried out an analysis. He also knows that in respect of the voter verified audit trail, VVAT, issue, it was not part of the terms of reference. However, the submissions made reference to VVAT and the need for it. It looked at that issue in some detail.

We know that retrofitting will cost about €22 million, which is probably a conservative estimate. That is the figure it came up with. If the Deputy is suggesting that we spend——

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