Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----and I will get that double-checked today.

In terms of information, I was not informed, nor were the Taoiseach or the Cabinet, but I accept the doctrine of collective responsibility and if Ministers were aware, then the Government was collectively aware. The question now is what we can do about it. I would like to be able to give a cast-iron commitment today but it would not be responsible to do so until we have explored the options. I think what the Minister, Deputy Ryan, said was that he would not like to see the roads budget being reduced as a consequence, or for money to be taken out of public transport. I understand where he is coming from. We will have to see if we can find another way to mitigate or defer these increases. They do not kick in until January. We have a bit of time and are working on it.

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