Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is aware that the authorities in the United Kingdom intend to introduce a charge for heavy goods vehicles travelling from outside the state and they have managed to find a methodology for doing so in a manner that does not breach European Union competition law. I understand the Minister's Department has been aware of this for the past three years. He will be aware also that the impact on owners of heavy goods vehicles in this State will be significant. The expectation is that it will render it quite difficult to compete with trucks travelling from the North of Ireland, and particularly the UK.

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