Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance if Ministers of State are required to pay tolls; if so, the cost to Exchequer of such for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21334/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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There are no arrangements to exempt Ministers of State from toll charges. Ministers of State recoup motor travel expenses from the relevant Department in accordance with mileage rates determined by the Minister for Finance. Those rates do not make explicit provision for road tolls. There is no centralised system for counting what tolls are paid.