Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 659: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location of each of the facilities where the unused electronic voting machines were stored during 2005; the proprietor of each of those facilities; the rental cost of each of those facilities for 2005; the cost incurred to date in 2006 on the storage of these machines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6384/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Information provided by returning officers to my Department indicates that the total annual storage cost for the electronic voting machines and ancillary equipment is some €696,000. Details provided by returning officers in respect of ownership of premises, location and annual rental costs are set out in the following table.

As already stated in the reply to Questions Nos. 154, 181, 201, 642, 659 and 660 of 14 February 2006, I have requested my Department to examine the question of central storage of the voting equipment.