News of toll price rises a surprise to Govt - Varadkar
Micheál Martin said that it was a decision taken by Transport Infrastructure Ireland and that he would like to see details of TII's plan to increase tolls.
He added that he had not been able to speak with the Transport Minister Eamon Ryan about the increase as he is at COP27 in Egypt. Mr Varadkar told the Dáil that news of the price rises"came as a surprise to Government - certainly came as a surprise to me - and we're not happy about it". He said the State"can talk to the companies that run these tolls and it will be up to the State to renew these contracts at some stage".
Eugene Drennan said:"We are categorised at the top of the pile. We pay the most money on tolls. It's nonsense. A spokesperson for the Department of Transport said that the Board of Transport Infrastructure Ireland approved the toll changes. TII said that there has been no price increases for cars using the tag payment method for the last 10 years.
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