Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Aisling Dolan (Fine Gael)
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It is about how it would be managed. It is obviously crucial because we need that motorway for industry and investment, which I am fighting for in the town of Ballinasloe. I am fighting to get companies into our Industrial Development Authority, IDA, business park. The commuters who come into Ballinasloe and go to work in Athlone, Galway or Dublin are using the motorway. A lot of the reasons are that we do not have frequent Irish Rail trains, for example. I know this is outside of TII's remit but we do not have the frequency in the west in terms of public transport. I am not even going to get into that part.