Information provided by returning officers to my Department indicates that the total annual storage cost, including rental, insurance, service charges, rates etc., for the electronic voting machines and ancillary equipment is some €696,000; details provided by returning officers in respect of ownership of premises and annual rental costs are set out in the following table. Payments to returning officers in respect of their electoral duties are made by the Department of Finance from the central fund. While I have requested my Department to examine the question of central storage for the voting machines and ancillary equipment, no process to buy out leases entered into by returning officers has been initiated. It would not be appropriate to comment at this stage on likely costs that might be involved with such a process given the commercial considerations involved.
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Constituency
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Owner of Storage Premises
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Annual Rental Costs € (incl. VAT)
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Carlow-Kilkenny
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Matthew and Teresa Cleary
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23,595
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Cavan-Monaghan
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Martin Duffy
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20,328
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Clare
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Voting machines stored in courthouse. Premises for ancillary equipment owned by Tony Mulqueen.
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3,600
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Cork City
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Mr. and Mrs. Martin Harvey
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30,492
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Cork County
|
Michael O’Driscoll
|
19,360
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Donegal
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Niall McIvors, Secure Storage
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10,564
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Dublin City
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Brendan and Cara Walsh
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42,350
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Dublin County
|
John Fitzpatrick and Kevin McGarry
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33,880
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Galway
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Voting machines stored in courthouse
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Nil
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Kerry
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John Dillane
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21,175
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Kildare
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J & D O’Brien
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19,360
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Laois-Offaly
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KG Warehousing Ltd.
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24,200
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Limerick
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Ashling Microsystems
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51,188
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Longford
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Returning Officer has requested that this information not be released publicly for security reasons
|
12,100
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Roscommon
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Gerry Kelly
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6,000
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Louth
|
Dundalk Town Council
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Nil
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Mayo
|
Joseph Togher
|
25,410
|
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Meath
|
Paul McDonnell
|
14,496
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Sligo
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Voting machines stored in courthouse
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Nil
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Leitrim
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Voting machines stored in courthouse. Premises for ancillary equipment owned by Drumshanbo Enterprise Centre
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3,000
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Tipperary (N&S)
|
Nicholas Delehanty
|
24,200
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Waterford
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Johnstown Properties Ltd.
|
50,820
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Westmeath
|
Peadar Conlon
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15,972
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Wexford
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McGuinness Enterprises Ltd.
|
12,096
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Wicklow
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Telhurst Ltd.
|
38,000
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Total
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502,186
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