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Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: I have a question for the Department. I have seen somewhere in the accounts that some projects are funded directly by the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: How does that tie in? Will Mr. Mullaney explain? I am not taking out of Deputy Kelly's time.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: I am sorry, Deputy. Please continue.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: What is the Athy project?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: That has not been completed. It has been ongoing for decades.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Will Mr. Mullaney forward a list of these projects to the committee? Perhaps he has it with him. There is a gap in the information.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: There is no issue about saying that if the question does not relate to TII's remit.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Nolan will liaise directly with the Deputy on that.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: I ask Mr. Nolan to liaise with the Deputy. I want to ask a few questions myself. On page 35 of the accounts, reference is made to toll income. There was a certain amount outstanding at the end of the year, which is fine. In respect of the Dublin tunnel and the M50 eFlow figures, included are amounts that will be paid to Transport Infrastructure Ireland by toll operators. It excludes...

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will proceed to that but I ask Mr. O'Neill to start at the beginning. Why has Transport Infrastructure Ireland written off €5.2 million?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: A civil or criminal offence?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: I am going to give a figure. The eFlow figures on page 20 of the accounts show income of €118 million. Some €5 million is being written off so, for every 22 vehicles on the road, one gets off scot free. That is a mile different from what Mr. O'Neill said. It is a simple analysis of the figures in the accounts.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: For how many years has Transport Infrastructure Ireland been operating this toll?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: And now there are plans, nine years on. Could Mr. O'Neill explain that?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Is that when the agency went to court?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: From the over 2,000 judgments, how much was collected and who collected it? Was it a private company or the sheriff?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: The agency gets the proceeds.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: There were 63 cars seized last year and sold.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: They would not be included in the write-offs as the agency is getting the money.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: After all of that, there was still €5 million written off.