E-voting machine storage pegged at €696,000

[SPN]

The problem with selling them is that they only cost €800 each new.

Somewhere between Holland and Dublin somebody added on a markup of €3000 per machine. Whoever it was must be very well connected in FF because the problems that caused the CEV to halt the plans to deploy the machines were made known to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the DOEHLG BEFORE the order was placed. The motion to authorise the purchase was voted through, on Party lines. about two hours after the Sec Gen of the Department (Niall Callan) and the vendors representatives had admitted to the Committee that they couldn't refute the evidence showing the many problems with the system.

[St Disibod]

Obviously there are plans to use these machines at some point in the future.

Sure why do you think Martin Cullen is so keen on electronic tolling on the M50? We'll just attach some barriers to them and hope no one asks for a receipt.

That should free up the heated storage facilities they are in, and abrakadabra the school building crisis is sorted.