E-voting costs: E52 million and rising

Fionnan Sheahan, Political Correspondent

Yesterday Department of the Environment officials accepted that the annual cost of storing and maintaining the e-voting machines will rise to about E1 million in the coming years on top of the E52m already spent on the stalled system.

Storage and insurance currently cost E660,000 per annum, with prices varying dramatically across the country, the Dáil Public Accounts Committee learned yesterday.