Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 29 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Mr. Peter Walsh:

I will need to revert with detail on what figure relates to write-offs. I appreciate it is an issue that requires an accurate answer. We do not take it lightly. We are pleased about the level of compliance on the M50. For a barrier-free toll system to be of the order of 97% compliance and tolls paid is not a small achievement. By international comparators, it is an extremely good performance. We take toll evasion very seriously. It has been a source of frustration to me that the write-offs were focused on in the accounts. They are an accounting treatment that is required relating to a number of issues that I will not even try to outline-----