Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I accept that and I am happy to wait for the figures. The point I am making is that the figures I want Mr. Walsh to bring back are those showing how much of the fines that are levied are collected. That is what I am seeking, as opposed to what percentage fines make up of the entire revenue or whatever.
Has TII ever thought about reducing the toll charge at certain times instead of increasing it? The port tunnel has a variable pricing system at certain times of the day for cars. Has TII considered a system whereby, for example, the M50 toll charge might be a different price on a Sunday morning and early and late on a Friday? That type of variable pricing is done by airlines and hotels, and with train tickets. The charge is the same no matter when I use the M50 toll or go through any other toll. Would there be a logic to implementing some kind of demand management system? I am fearful of demand management in other ways and I was historically against the tolling of the M50 because it drives traffic elsewhere by putting motorists off the main roads and onto roads in residential housing estates and so on. However, variable pricing might be useful. Has TII thought about doing that or is it not permitted within the contracts? Is TII stuck with what it inherited and the terms as they are?
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