Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 271: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of Department staff who are engaged on an ongoing basis on the e-voting project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12720/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The franchise section in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is responsible for a range of matters relating to the electoral system, including the relevant legislative codes; the provision of advice and guidance to registration authorities and returning officers, including relating to the register of electors; implementation of the electronic voting and counting system; the servicing of the Constituency Commission as required; and the provision of electoral information to the public. At present, three staff in the section work on, inter alia, matters relating to the electronic voting and counting system.