seamus wrote: » Don't have any "official" link because apparently these positions are never advertised, you just have to apply to the Returning Officer who sticks your name down on a list. But they are paid positions, and allegedly you're not permitted to be a member of a politicial party.http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=70190365 Lots of similar links from boards and AAM with just people who've done it outlining the process.
Odysseus wrote: » Seamus, I just quickly flew through that but that show members of parties doing as vols, or did I miss it. My brother is a member of SF:o and he counted votes in the past unpaid. Apologies if I missed something right under my nose. May those post refer to those whom I cannot spell?
THE TAXPAYER faces the prospect of a bill of more than €350,000 to rent an empty shed which was used to store the controversial e-voting machines. The Irish Independent has learned that the Department of the Environment is locked into a 25-year lease at a premises in Co Monaghan, and that there is 17 years left to run at an annual rent of more than €21,500. This means that unless there is a break-out clause in the lease -- which allows either side to terminate the contract -- the State faces paying almost €370,000 between now and February 2029 to rent an empty shed. The shed is located outside Clones in Co Monaghan, and is owned by Martin Duffy. Mr Duffy was awarded the lucrative contract in 2004 by his aunt, former Cavan/Monaghan returning officer Josephine Duffy, after she viewed a number of premises. The Government announced earlier this week it had sold the infamous €54m e-voting machines for scrap for just over €70,000, or €9.30 each. A huge fleet of trucks will begin removing the 7,500 machines from 14 locations on Monday. They will be taken to a Co Offaly recycling company, KMK Metals Recycling Ltd in Tullamore, where they will be stripped down, shredded and sold. About 60pc of the machines are stored in Gormanston, Co Meath, with the rest in 13 other locations. Four of these 13 premises will be used to store other voting equipment, such as ballot boxes, and nine will no longer be required. Eight of the nine premises are on short-term leases of no longer than a year, apart from the one owned by Mr Duffy at Scotshouse near Clones, Co Monaghan which runs for another 17 years. Legal experts said last night that unless there was a break-out clause in the lease, the State would have to honour the contract. However, the lease could be terminated by agreement. "If there's no clause, there's absolutely no reason to agree to a break," one said. "You could just say sorry, I've 15 years left to run on a lease. It's something that's negotiated. I've been in a position many times where the landlord shrugs his shoulders and says 'make me an offer.'" The 25-year lease given to Mr Duffy was the longest-term lease awarded to any operator to store the e-voting machines. Some 280 were held at the agricultural shed, which was built without planning permission. Removal Mr Duffy, who could not be reached for comment yesterday, sought retention planning permission in October 2009, which was granted in April 2010. The e-voting machines will be removed from the premises by September. - Paul Melia
up for anything wrote: » So let me get this right. The owner of the storage facility was awarded a contract for the use of it, for 25 years which was much more than any of the other facilities used, BY HIS AUNT and also was granted retention planning permission for the facility. What a fucking farce! The aunt should have to foot the bill if a break in the lease isn't granted.
Martin Duffy, nephew of Cavan-Monaghan returning officer Josephine Duffy, who has responsibility for securing 288 of the ill-fated e-voting machines in her electoral area, won the 675,000 contract to house the machines in his shed for 25 years. This is despite the fact that electronic voting equipment has a lifespan of only 20 years. Josephine Duffy has denied any impropriety and said her nephew's steel frame shed in Scotstown, Co Monaghan, was the only suitable facility, even though he did not submit a tender. '[Being my nephew] didn't make a difference. I do not do deals with relations. It was between his solicitor and mine, " she said, adding that the five storage facility tenders she received did not have suitable insulation.
CarrickMcJoe wrote: » So thats it, €55 million worth of machines sold for 70k all at the stroke of a peann luaidhe.
Pottler wrote: » Yeah, shocking, not like when they sold off the Allouette helicopters for €300k and they ended up making several million for the company that was smart enough to buy them. It's easy to say "oops" with other peoples money, especially if you get paid no matter how much you lose or cock up. Gotta laugh at the "the other tenderers didn't have proper insulation. FFS, Duffy didn't even HAVE a shed at the time -it was built afterwards.No Insulation!!! You gotta laugh.
me bolly wrote: » Not only that the Government had a multi million dollar Gulfstream jet house in a hangar that was too short to accomodate the aeroplane!! It's tail was exposed to the elements so it required a v expensive overhaul of the tail section !! At least It happened before Mary Harney took it off to open a pub.£££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££ in euros
mikemac1 wrote: » Shame to recycle them Put them in Irish pubs around the world, a real symbol of a certain time
the culture of deference wrote: » Why weren't all the machines stored in gormanstown?
endakenny wrote: » Who decided the length of the lease of Martin Duffy's shed? His aunt? The minister? A civil servant? Why was it decided that the lease would last 25 years?
