Dan Neville
Question:534 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the monthly cost of storing and maintaining electronic voting equipment. [31302/04]
View answerTuesday, 30 November 2004
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Returns received in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government from returning officers indicate that monthly storage costs, including rental, insurance and other costs, in respect of electronic voting equipment amount to €55,000. In some cases, however, the sum includes the provision of dedicated election office space in addition to equipment storage. While the voting machines do not require regular maintenance between polls, the equipment contract negotiated with Nedap-Powervote provides for free servicing and repair, where necessary, of all voting equipment until the end of 2007.