Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have told the Minister previously that no precedent would be set here because Drogheda is the only town in Ireland which has a tolled slip road. There is no precedent to be set here at all. The Minister is responsible for both transport and tourism and he has put absolutely no effort into securing the removal of the slip road toll in Drogheda for just one week. He has put absolutely no effort in. Again, he is afraid to upset private business. He is putting private business before people again. He has said that compensation would be necessary but, by his own estimation, it would cost between €115,000 and €130,000 to remove the toll for the duration of the fleadh. When compared to the sports grant of €150,000 the Minister gave to Wesley College for parochial purposes, the removal of the slip road toll during the fleadh would have an enormous effect of tourism and would benefit Drogheda, the fleadh, the people of Louth and, in particular, the 400,000 visitors who will come. Those visitors will mainly be families, but also voluntary musicians not just from Ireland but from right across the world. The Minister has let the people of Drogheda and the people of Louth down and he has also most definitely let 400,000 potential visitors down.

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