Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 139: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress in providing barrier free tolling on the M50; and when he expects same to be operational. [6568/07]

Michael Noonan (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport the location of the new barrier free tolling gantry on the M50; if it will be a single tolling location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6603/07]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport the discussions his Department have had with the NRA and Dublin local authorities in relation to the plans for revised tolling points on the M50. [6558/07]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Transport the precise location on the M50 where the barrier free tolling gantry will be located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6929/07]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 139, 152, 153 and 270 together.

As Deputies are aware, issues relating to tolls on national roads are in the first instance a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) in accordance with Part V of the Roads Act 1993 (as amended by the Planning and Development Act 2000).

As Deputies will be aware, in January of last year, the NRA decided to replace the West-Link toll on the M50 by a single-point barrier free toll on the same stretch of motorway in 2008. The installation of barrier free tolling is a crucial element of the M50 upgrade which is underway at present. In that context, following a tender competition, the NRA have recently entered into a contract for the provision of single point barrier free tolling arrangements with the objective of having such arrangements operational on the M50 by mid 2008.