John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

The fund is used predominately to finance non-national roads and the general purpose needs of local authorities. The fund is also supplemented with a financial contribution from central Government.

The proposed increases announced today are 4% for cars below 2.5 litres and CO2 bands A to D; and 5% for cars above the 2.5 litre threshold and CO2 bands E, F and G.

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