Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 February 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments Under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 26 - Collection of Motor Taxation
Financial Statements 2011 - National Roads Authority

12:40 pm

Photo of Robert DowdsRobert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have personally found eFlow to be very unresponsive when the public has a problem. I recently had to make representations for a constituent who was alleged to have built up a series of unpaid toll crossings. The company was extremely difficult to deal with even though the man in question had a letter from the Garda accepting that he had not crossed the bridge. It eventually accepted that he had not made these crossings and that a person of a criminal nature had cloned his registration plate. I accept that such cases are rare and unusual, but is there anything the NRA can do to make eFlow more consumer-friendly? It seems that every obstacle is put in the way of consumers who wish to contact the company. As a public representative, I have great difficulty contacting eFlow. I have a regular account with the company but I cannot reply by e-mail to the statements it sends me if I have a query about a transaction. Is there any way in which the NRA can ensure eFlow is more friendly towards the consumer?

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