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Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan TD has this afternoon announced that the Evoting machines are formally for sale. The government is now inviting tenders for single or multiple lots, of which include:
In his statement however, Hogan does acknowledge that no buyer may be found.
- 7,500 Voting Machines
- 154 Programme Reading Units (devices for uploading candidate details to the machines for each election and for downloading the votes cast)
- 12,842 Ballot Modules for the storage of votes cast
- 292 Cases for carrying the Ballot Modules / Programme Reading Units
- 1,232 Transport / Storage Trolleys
- 2,142 Hand Trolleys for moving the machines
- 4,787 Metal Tilt Tables on which the machines were placed in polling stations
- 918 Tray Attachments for Tables.
I want to finally draw a line under the electronic voting project and also see that the equipment is disposed of properly. €54.756 million has been wasted on the project to date and every effort must be made now to sell the equipment and get as much of these costs back as is possible in the circumstances. The market is to be tested to see if there are any interested parties that may want to buy the machines. While being optimistic we also need to be realistic. It is possible that no reasonable or acceptable offer for sale will be received. That is why the Request for Tenders will also allow proposals for the recovery of the equipment. If this is the outcome of the tendering process, the electronic voting machines would then be dismantled. The recovery process would be carried out in line with national legislation and European regulations on the treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment.
Phil Hogan TD, Minister for the Environment
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