Probe to decide fate of e-voting machines

AN OIREACHTAS committee is set to examine whether the country’s much-derided e-voting machines should finally be scrapped.

The chairman of the committee, Fianna Fáil TD Seán Fleming, said it was time to “bite the bullet” and see if “all-party agreement” could be reached on the future of the machines.

They have remained in storage ever since an independent advisory group warned the Government they were unsuitable for use in elections because of concerns about their security.