Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 336: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expenditure to date on the electronic voting system, machines, maintenance, storage and so on. [27045/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The total cost to date of the development of the electronic voting and counting system is €51.065 million. Information provided by returning officers to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government indicates that the total annual storage cost for the electronic voting machines and ancillary equipment is some €695,000. No maintenance costs have been incurred to date. As the Deputy is aware, I have asked officials in the Department to examine the question of central storage for the voting machines.