Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total sums of money, in tabular form, paid out of Exchequer funds for the remuneration of polling station and count staff for the last local election, general election and referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47830/12]

Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the figure for the average daily rate per person paid to polling station and count staff for the last local election, general election and referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47831/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 389 and 390 together.

The rates of pay for those taking the polls and counting the votes are laid out in the charges order approved by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in advance of each election or referendum event. The order details the basic rate and the rate for each additional hour worked. The rate varies if a number of polls are involved in the election event. The average amounts paid to each person for the three events specified are detailed in the following table, based on expected hours worked (per day in the case of counting staff). In line with Government policy on reducing expenditure, rates of remuneration have been reduced over the last number of events, as reflected in the data for the total costs of polling and counting staff.

The total cost for polling and counting staff is included in the following table: