Regina Doherty (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am only a driver so I am not looking into the technicality of it but it very much looks like the contracts were constructed in favour of the private partnership as opposed to the general public - not necessarily the taxpayer. Can I ask two more questions because we could go round in circles about money? Has TII ever looked at more tolls on the M50 and reducing the cost of journeys for people as opposed to having one toll? This is something that gets brought up from people in Lucan for some reason. I have no connection with Lucan but they bring it up a lot, particularly the people from Kildare. It provides a rat run for people to avoid it but the people who do use it and might get off after Lucan have to pay for the whole thing as opposed to splitting the journey. That is number one.

I drive an electric car and my husband drives a hybrid. We both get significant discounts on our tolls because of the type of car we drive. Who is going to mop up the loss when we all end up driving electric or hybrid cars in the next couple of years? What will happen then?