Eamon Ryan has said he would be “reluctant” to take money from road maintenance to reduce or defer toll increases.
The Transport Minister told RTE's Morning Ireland that he was aware the increases were coming either in November or December. Last week, it was announced by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) that it will increase tolls on nine out of ten roads from 1 January to their "maximum level".
There are 10 toll roads on the national road network, and only the Dublin Port Tunnel route will not be affected by the upcoming price increases. Mr Ryan said that if price deferrals or reductions were to happen, the toll operators would have to be compensated because "they are entitled to it".
