176 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government if the State's electronic voting system uses the software of a company (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this company states that this software should not be used for critical programmes; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that this company's software is the prime target of most computer viruses; and his views on whether such an important system should use only purpose written software to ensure reliability and security and to save unnecessary expenditure on multiple licences for the software of this company. [23676/03]

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176 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government if the State's electronic voting system uses the software of a company (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this company states that this software should not be used for critical programmes; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that this company's software is the prime target of most computer viruses; and his views on whether such an important system should use only purpose written software to ensure reliability and security and to save unnecessary expenditure on multiple licences for the software of this company. [23676/03]

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