Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No. In the UK, road tax for HGVs is quite low and includes the £10 per journey levy. Most people registered in the UK pay road tax as well as a standard charge, which allows them to use the roads freely. The only people who pay the £10 are those who are not road taxed in the UK. If we joined the UK system, anyone road taxed in the Republic would be able to use the roads in the North and Britain without having to pay the £10, but anyone visiting Ireland from another EU country would have to pay it. However, there are many different options and we have not settled on one. There is a committee set up between the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, which controls road tax, Revenue and a few others. We hope to have a set of proposals before the recess.