Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 242: To ask the Minister for Transport if his approval is required for the setting of a tolling scheme; if so, the occasions on which his consent was sought for each of the past three years; if he gave his consent in each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10083/10]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The statutory power to levy tolls on national roads, to make toll bye-laws and to enter into toll agreements with private investors in respect of national roads is vested in the National Roads Authority (NRA) under Part V of the Roads Act 1993 (as amended by the Planning and Development Act 2000 and the Roads Act 2007). Specifically, Section 57 of the Roads Act 1993, as amended by Section 271 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, provides that the NRA may prepare a scheme for the establishment of a system of tolls in respect of the use of a public road. The making of such a toll scheme does not require Ministerial consent.