Mr. Peter Walsh:

On Dublin Port Tunnel, a fairly comprehensive response was recently given to the Committee of Public Accounts. There are two reasons for the barrier for heavy goods vehicles, HGVs, which are not charged the toll. One reason is operational, relating to the safety of the use of the tunnel. Boats that arrive in or discharge tend to do so in platoons of significant number.

It is important to be able to marshal the flow of heavy goods vehicles into the tunnel, and it gives that control. The second is that it is a significant toll. The toll there is unique in that it is to discourage vehicles other than HGVs and maintain the capacity for the HGVs because it is Ireland's first and last mile, as it were, in terms of connections with the rest of the world. For that reason it is a very significant toll at peak times. It can be €10 although I cannot remember the exact figure.