Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 884: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to date for the storage of the electronic voting machines in each county; his plans for these machines; if he expects that they will be used in future elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10527/06]

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. The following table sets out annual storage costs for each of the 25 locations.

The timing of the further use of the system is dependent on the progress made with the work being undertaken by my Department and by the Commission on Electronic Voting in relation to it, the associated decisions arising in this regard, and the dates at which future polls may be held.