Election Management System.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 February 2005

Wednesday, 9 February 2005

Questions (245)

Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

287 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total all in costs to date of the electronic voting system, including training, promotion, marketing, public relations, research, technology or any other cost associated with the procedure or likely to become a cost in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4298/05]

Written answers

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

The total cost to date of the electronic voting and counting project is €51.6 million. Apart from annual storage costs, details of which are given in the reply to Question No. 93 on today's Order Paper, it is not possible at this stage to quantify additional costs that may arise for the electronic system. Such costs are likely to be small relative to the capital investment already made.

Question No. 288 answered with QuestionNo. 99.