Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 127: To ask the Minister for Transport his policy on the tolling of roads and bridges; the number of roads tolled and the annual income in each case; his plans for further tolling on existing roads including the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3180/11]

Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme element of Transport 21. The planning, design and implementation of individual national road projects is in the first instance a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007. In addition, the allocation of funding in relation to the construction or maintenance of national roads is a matter for the NRA under Section 19 of the Roads Act, I should further clarify that 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 under Part V of the Roads Act 1993 (as amended by the Planning and Development Act 2000 and the Roads Act 2007).