Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 202: To ask the Minister for Transport he has reviewed the use of the Eurovignette Directive in other EU countries; the revenue that could be generated from the introduction of the Eurovignette; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43740/10]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Directive 1999/62/EC, as amended, provides an EU wide framework for the application of tolls and road use charges in the Member States. Statutory Instrument number 87 of 2009, on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures, transposes this Directive, alternatively known as the Eurovignette Directive, into national law. The Eurovignette Directive has already been implemented in Ireland. There are a number of toll schemes in operation in the State for the purposes of charging for the road infrastructure being used. The review of the use of the Eurovignette Directive is a matter for the European Commission.