Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)

Is the Minister aware of the major financial pressure on Irish road hauliers? The Minister covered some of this in his response but a huge number of them have gone out of business over the past 12 months. Increasing costs are cited as the reason. The Minister intends to put tolls on many of our roads and this will add further cost to hauliers. These are Irish companies being driven out of business. There will be major job losses and the net effect will be more and more people unemployed. Does the Minister have any plans for those under financial pressure running haulage companies?

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