Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

That use of future funds from the West Link toll bridge to pay for the M50 relates to the extension of tolling on the West Link bridge from 2020 to 2035. Given that the toll facility has no demand management functions and never can have, how can the Minister propose that approach when he admitted that by 2020 we will need some sort of demand management measures? Why is he tying us into a tolling system that is all about revenue generation and not about demand management? It makes no sense.

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