Michael Murphy (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)

On that and the wider shared island fund, the extent to which we are investing in so many cross-Border projects, with €600 million having been committed to the A5, and having regard to the Irish Road Haulage Association coming in next week, has the issue of the HGV levy of up to £10.30 that applies to every HGV entering Northern Ireland, including on the A5, which is an unfair tax on Irish road hauliers, ever been raised at the North-South Ministerial Council? Would the Minister commit to raising it? I say that because failure to pay that HGV levy can result in an on-the-spot fine of £300. It just does not sit well with me that a Sinn Féin-led government in Ireland is imposing that tax in the context of wider North-South co-operation, the all-Ireland economy, and a commitment of the Irish Government to the shared Ireland fund. There is irony in investing €600 million in the A5, which will happen, for there then to be a tax of £10.30 on Irish road hauliers for each and every journey on that road. Would the Minister agree with me that it is unfair? Would he support calls to Sinn Féin to abolish that levy?