Mr. Ger Hyland:

We advocated for support from the Government on the Holyhead debacle last Christmas.

We still do not have it but we are hopeful it will come. That is one thing.

Another support we have been looking for from the Government over a few years has been for the M50, which has long been paid for, to be free to the licensed hauliers of Ireland. We do not have any option other than to use the M50. We cannot go through the city. If members have delivered a load to Diageo, they are halfway down the city, but they have to turn around and come back along the M50 if they are going to Dublin Port. All that is an additional cost on our industry. The cost of our parts, such as tyres, have all increased by a minimum of 30% over the past four years. We were supposed to get a 10% whole discount on prepaid tolls, but we cannot get the toll companies to agree to give it to us. There is some low-hanging fruit that could be got for our members.

We are in the middle of preparing our budget submission for this year. We are hopeful that we will get something on a green rebate in the budget this year. It is a work in progress, but the traction is slow. We should be able to get a 10% reduction on our tolls tomorrow morning. I have a very small business and my toll bill is approximately €11,000 per month. That is the bill for a small country-based business. I do not want to bring it down to being about my business. Perhaps someone else would like to have a word; perhaps Mr. Nolan has something to say.