Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2025-02-20
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Peadar Tóibín (AON), Meath West

The Government has collected €2.2 billion from M50 tolls since 2008, according to a report on "The Pat Kenny Show" this morning. The two bridges were built for £58 million. The toll company made back all of that money in just one year of tolls. It then sold those bridges to the State for €600 million. The State has charged the people using them €2.2 billion in that period. It is incredible that last year, commuters paid a whopping €212 million on M50 tolls. These are tolls that this State owns. This is a tax on work. It is a tax on the Minister's constituents and people who cannot access public transport. The Government is now operating it as a cash cow. It is jacking up the tolls on bridges that we have paid for 31 times over at this stage. Will the Government stop the rip-off of commuters in the greater Dublin area and end the tolls on that bridge?

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Sitting date: 2025-02-20