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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I understand there is no VAT charged on toll charges on the M50.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: There is €180 million coming into TII and the tunnel is bringing in €20 million. For the PPPs, which account for €10 million, there is VAT charged at 23%. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is it the case that the PPP toll charges are inclusive of VAT at 23%?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are asking that a decision be made to defer the toll increase for another six months beyond the end of June and that it be made within the next ten days. The decision should certainly be made before 15 December; preferably it should be done by the previous Friday, 9 December. Is Mr. Walsh saying that if there is a further deferral, any shortfall will have to come from the State by way of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Walsh will appreciate that if inflation were very low, there would be no increase in the M50 charges.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have two further points to make. First, the committee asks that TII expedite its engagement with the PPP providers and the Department of Transport in order to arrive at absolute clarity on this issue over the next ten days. Drifting into the week ending 17 December, which is the last sitting day of the Dáil, is far too late. Second, we will come back to the issue of TII's funding...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I accept all of that. However, we are in the countdown to Christmas and there is a need to bring absolute clarity to the matter. We thank Mr. Walsh for TII's very quick engagement with the PPP providers. There was talk of a decision being made on 15, 16 or 17 December. That is too late. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform needs to be aware of the full cost implications. From...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We politicians are nocturnal creatures. We only-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The witnesses might be early risers, but they might be early to bed. We are both.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Senator has made an eminently sensible suggestion. Whether the witnesses agree, it would feed into the model of trying to reduce traffic on the M50. What is required to change the by-laws?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: From whom does TII need direction?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will come back to this issue. The first six months of next year are covered. When we come back to this, we might look at what the Senator is proposing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The committee is inclusive. I assure Mr. Walsh everybody will be represented at any meeting to discuss this issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: This is a good exchange but I ask-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will intervene, Deputy Murphy, if I may. Was provision for a discount included in the contracts that were negotiated with the operators of the tolls?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Okay. Under the contracts as put out----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: ----is there a provision for a discount? They appear to be standard contracts. I have looked through them all.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Could it be fleshed out for us?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Could the Deputy flesh it out for members?