I propose to take Questions Nos. 59, 60, 67, 220 and 221 together.
The total cost incurred to date in the development and rollout of the electronic voting and counting system is some €51.3 million, which includes €46 million in respect of capital investment in voting machines and ancillary equipment. My Department has spent €731,000 to date on assessment and testing and €273,000 on training returning officer and local authority staff. In addition, information provided by returning officers to my Department indicates that the total annual storage cost for the electronic voting machines and ancillary equipment — including rental, insurance and security costs — is some €696,000. The following table sets out annual storage costs for each of the 25 locations.
The timing of the further use of the system depends on the progress made with the work being undertaken by my Department and by the Commission on Electronic Voting, the associated decisions arising, and the dates on which future polls may be held.
Constituency
|
Annual Storage Costs (incl. VAT)
|
|
€
|
Carlow-Kilkenny
|
29,595.00
|
Cavan-Monaghan
|
25,828.00
|
Clare
|
3,600.00
|
Cork City
|
42,499.50
|
Cork County
|
37,609.30
|
Donegal
|
15,714.00
|
Dublin City
|
72,350.00
|
Dublin County
|
62,938.66
|
Galway
|
5,253.00
|
Kerry
|
26,125.00
|
Kildare
|
27,125.86
|
Laois-Offaly
|
28,178.00
|
Limerick
|
57,675.86
|
Longford
|
15,095.16
|
Roscommon
|
10,374.98
|
Louth
|
298.00
|
Mayo
|
34,930.00
|
Meath
|
20,366.00
|
Sligo
|
—
|
Leitrim
|
3,000.00
|
Tipperary (N&S)
|
42,700.00
|
Waterford
|
52,888.48
|
Westmeath
|
22,805.34
|
Wexford
|
16,876.00
|
Wicklow
|
42,455.80
|
Total
|
696,281.94
|