Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 February 2006
659 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location of each of the facilities where the unused electronic voting machines were stored during 2005; the proprietor of each of those facilities; the rental cost of each of those facilities for 2005; the cost incurred to date in 2006 on the storage of these machines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6384/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraInformation provided by returning officers to my Department indicates that the total annual storage cost for the electronic voting machines and ancillary equipment is some €696,000. Details provided by returning officers in respect of ownership of premises, location and annual rental costs are set out in the following table.
As already stated in the reply to Questions Nos. 154, 181, 201, 642, 659 and 660 of 14 February 2006, I have requested my Department to examine the question of central storage of the voting equipment.
|
Constituency |
Owner of Storage Premises |
Location of Storage Premises |
Annual Rental Costs € (incl. VAT) |
|
Carlow-Kilkenny |
Matthew and Teresa Cleary |
Mortarstown |
23,595 |
|
Cavan-Monaghan |
Martin Duffy |
Monaghan Town |
20,328 |
|
Clare |
Voting machines stored in courthouse. Premises for ancillary equipment owned by Tony Mulqueen. |
Ennis |
3,600 |
|
Cork City |
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Harvey |
Togher |
30,492 |
|
Cork County |
Michael O’Driscoll |
Ballygarvan |
19,360 |
|
Donegal |
Niall McIvors, Secure Storage |
Letterkenny |
10,564 |
|
Dublin City |
Brendan and Cara Walsh |
Ballycoolin |
42,350 |
|
Dublin County |
John Fitzpatrick and Kevin McGarry |
Finglas |
33,880 |
|
Galway |
Voting machines stored in courthouse |
Galway City |
Nil |
|
Kerry |
John Dillane |
Tralee |
21,175 |
|
Kildare |
J & D O’Brien |
Clane |
19,360 |
|
Laois-Offaly |
KG Warehousing Ltd. |
Portlaoise |
24,200 |
|
Limerick |
Ashling Microsystems |
Limerick City |
51,188 |
|
Longford |
Returning Officer has requested that this information not be released publicly for security reasons |
Longford Town |
12,100 |
|
Roscommon |
Gerry Kelly |
Roscommon Town |
6,000 |
|
Louth |
Dundalk Town Council |
Dundalk |
Nil |
|
Mayo |
Joseph Togher |
Castlebar |
25,410 |
|
Meath |
Paul McDonnell |
Navan |
14,496 |
|
Sligo |
Voting machines stored in courthouse |
Sligo Town |
Nil |
|
Leitrim |
Voting machines stored in courthouse. Premises for ancillary equipment owned by Drumshanbo Enterprise Centre |
Carrick-on-Shannon |
3,000 |
|
Tipperary (N&S) |
Nicholas Delehanty |
Clonmel |
24,200 |
|
Waterford |
Johnstown Properties Ltd. |
Waterford City |
50,820 |
|
Westmeath |
Peadar Conlon |
Mullingar |
15,972 |
|
Wexford |
McGuinness Enterprises Ltd. |
Drinagh |
12,096 |
|
Wicklow |
Telhurst Ltd. |
Kilcoole |
38,000 |
