Election Management System.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 February 2005

Tuesday, 8 February 2005

Questions (469)

Paul McGrath

Question:

520 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the ancillary equipment, as distinct from the electronic machines, that was procured in relation to the equipment to facilitate e-voting here; the nature of this equipment; the parts that were sourced here; if there was a tendering process for the provision of this ancillary equipment; the names of the contractors who were awarded these contracts; the location of the warehousing or storage at which this equipment is housed; if there was a tendering process for the provision of this storage; the name of the successful tenderer; and the annual cost of providing this storage space. [3475/05]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. Roche)

Information requested on ancillary equipment procured as part of the electronic voting and counting project is set out in the following table. No detailed information is available in my Department on the sourcing of the parts concerned:

Ancillary Equipment	Procurement	Organised By	Contract Awarded To
Customised Tilt Tables for Voting Machines (for access by disabled voters)	Open Tender Competition	OPW on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.	Peter Cahill Engineering Ltd., Merrywell Business Park, Ballymount Road, Dublin 22.
Transport Trolleys for Voting Machines	Open Tender Competition	OPW on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.	Loredo Ltd., Unit 120, Ashbourne Industrial Estate, Ashbourne, Co. Meath.
Hand Trucks for Voting Machines	Open Tender Competition	OPW on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.	Farrell O’Brien Service Ltd., Killeen Road, Dublin 12.
Back-up Batteries for Voting Machines	Open Tender Competition	Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.	Hi-Volt Ireland Ltd., Ballyduff, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Storage Cases for Ballot Modules and Programme Reading Units	Open Tender Competition	OPW on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.	Topper Cases Ltd., St. Peter’s Hill, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 7DX, England.

Regarding storage arrangements, I refer to the reply to Question No. 516 on today's Order Paper.