Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This is my interest in the subject. This diversion is already happening on roads all over my constituency. People come off motorways like the M1 in heavy goods vehicles and go through Slane or Kilmoon Cross. I hear about the congestion on the traffic reports every morning. People come off the M3 to avoid the tolls and come through the Fairyhouse roundabout. We have heard from the hauliers that there is stopping and starting at the tolls in the port tunnel. Has TII ever considered its tolling policy and the impact of tolls on the movement and diversion of traffic, particularly for heavy goods vehicles? Has it considered the impact of that on how well our road infrastructure works, including from an emissions perspective?