Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

That is good to hear. What angers people is the fact that they see the profits. I am not arguing that we should remove tolls altogether. I understand the value of them and that we need to pay for our network. The network is vitally important. Notwithstanding issues that people have about car and vehicular traffic, it is probably the best network we have for mass transit in the State. It is better than our rail network, unfortunately, and all the rest. Our buses benefit from it as well. It is the lack of transparency that the ordinary punter has over this which is troubling, in terms of the increase. It seems like there is an awful lot of discretion within the contract on behalf of the provider to increase the amount. Perhaps there is a piece to be done on creating some better transparency and understanding about that for the existing contract and any way it goes.