Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 April 2009
200 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of storing electronic voting machines nationally, and in south Tipperary; the location at which the machines are stored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17120/09]
View answerBased on information provided to my Department by Returning Officers, the total annual costs for storage of the electronic voting equipment (including the cost of insurance, service charges, rates, heating, etc.) for the various locations are set out in the following table. In 2007, over 60% of the machines (4,762 in total) were moved to a central storage facility located at Gormanston Army Camp. Costs incurred to date in respect of the movement and storage of this equipment are some €328,000. A total of 2,729 voting machines are stored locally by Returning Officers at locations throughout the country. A further 13 machines are stored in the Custom House.
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County/City |
Storage Location of Machines |
Annual Storage Costs (incl. VAT) |
Annual Storage Costs (incl. VAT) |
Annual Storage Costs (incl. VAT) |
Annual Storage Costs (incl. VAT) |
Annual Storage Costs (incl. VAT) |
|
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
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|
€ |
€ |
€ |
€ |
€ |
||
|
Carlow-Kilkenny |
Gormanston |
28,506.00 |
29,595.00 |
30,166.00 |
24,653.65 |
— |
|
Cavan-Monaghan |
Monaghan Town |
25,828.00 |
25,828.00 |
27,075.32 |
21,608.32 |
21,685.79 |
|
Clare |
Ennis |
10,800.00 |
3,600.00 |
3,600.00 |
3,600.00 |
3,600.00 |
|
Cork City |
Gormanston |
27,207.50 |
42,499.50 |
53,942.33 |
48,561.85 |
— |
|
Cork County |
Gormanston |
37,609.30 |
37,609.30 |
35,124.00 |
35,913.29 |
— |
|
Donegal |
Letterkenny |
9,293.00 |
15,714.00 |
16,685.80 |
13,987.80 |
14,026.20 |
|
Dublin City |
Gormanston |
65,000.00 |
72,350.00 |
71,265.00 |
6,954.00 |
— |
|
Dublin County |
Gormanston |
62,938.66 |
62,938.66 |
49,034.86 |
Nil |
— |
|
Galway |
Castlebar |
5,253.00 |
5,253.00 |
Nil |
5,000 |
Nil |
|
Kerry |
Tralee |
26,125.00 |
26,125.00 |
22,624.96 |
28,003.00 |
31,875.32 |
|
Kildare |
Gormanston |
27,125.86 |
27,125.86 |
31,984.21 |
29,364.82 |
20,748.97 |
|
Laois-Offaly |
Portlaoise |
28,178.00 |
28,178.00 |
27,647.60 |
27,647.60 |
27,682.60 |
|
Limerick |
Gormanston |
57,675.86 |
57,675.86 |
64,465.30 |
28,423.10 |
— |
|
Longford |
Longford Town |
2,995.16 |
15,095.16 |
18,439.88 |
20,003.28 |
16,859.98 |
|
Roscommon |
Roscommon Town |
10,374.98 |
10,374.98 |
9,816.00 |
10,664.82 |
10,026.82 |
|
Louth |
Dundalk |
298.00 |
298.00 |
593.47 |
595.06 |
566.11 |
|
Mayo |
Gormanston |
34,930.00 |
34,930.00 |
37,426.00 |
38,608.00 |
— |
|
Meath |
Navan |
20,366 |
20,366.00 |
21,976.51 |
26,354.72 |
26,395.72 |
|
Sligo |
Sligo Town |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
2,500 |
|
Leitrim |
Carrick-on-Shannon |
Nil |
3,000.00 |
3,150.00 |
3,200.00 |
3,200 |
|
Tipperary (N&S) |
Gormanston |
42,700.00 |
42,700.00 |
31,200.00 |
39,196.00 |
— |
|
Waterford |
Gormanston |
52,888.48 |
52,888.48 |
57,699.17 |
35,989.67 |
— |
|
Westmeath |
Gormanston |
22,805.34 |
22,805.34 |
21,772.62 |
21,440.30 |
— |
|
Wexford |
Drinagh |
16,875.00 |
16,876.00 |
19,064.76 |
18,934.46 |
25,057.70 |
|
Wicklow |
Gormanston |
42,455.80 |
42,455.80 |
54,241.29 |
Nil |
— |
|
Total |
658,228.94 |
696,281.94 |
705,995.08 |
488,703.74 |
204,225.21 |
