Cullen e-vote fiasco leaves €50m bill

MARTIN Cullen was accused last night of wasting over €50 million after his electronic voting plans were scuppered by a devastating independent report.

The bill for the Minister for the Environment's e-voting rollout was labelled a scandalous waste of taxpayer's money that could have covered the cost of the Government's "Savage 16" social welfare cuts.

The Government was left reeling after the damning report confirmed all the warnings, despite the minister's combative dismissal of any criticism of the system's security and reliability.