Paul Bradford (Fine Gael)

There was a major campaign in the three constituencies in which electronic voting was to take place for four or five months before the 2002 general election. There has been no effort to sell electronic voting in the vast majority of towns and villages throughout the country although the local elections are only six weeks away. I do not know whether the Government is expecting that we will not have electronic voting on the day or whether it is awaiting the report of the commission. If voting is to be by electronic means, we have a duty to ensure the public knows about the system. We are told tens of millions of euro are to be spent on the campaign. Where is the campaign? Literature has not been provided to any house in the country.