06.08.2008

Toll increases will impact on economy - Quinn

The Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) has predicted that toll increases on the M50 motorway in Dublin, will impact on the whole economy, through dearer imports and exports. "Ireland is the most truck-dependent country in Europe and this is effectively a tax on imports and exports. Imports and exports are going to take up the slack in the economy left by the construction industry downturn, the country needs us to do that work and anything that makes that job difficult, like the toll, should be discouraged," IRHA president Jimmy Quinn commented.

Quinn says that hauliers should be exempt from tolls. Licensed commercial vehicles are the vehicles doing the business for Ireland Plc and they shouldn't be treated the same as motorists who have discretion about how they move about", he added.

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