‘No plans’ for tolls to hit travellers ... yet

THE operator of Dublin Airport (DAA) said it has “no current plans” to bring in a charge for drivers dropping or collecting passengers, despite having been given the goahead by An Bord Pleanála. Reports emerged recently that planning permission was granted to DAA by Fingal County Council to develop new, tolled drop-off and pickup zones at the airport.

However, in a statement, the DAA said: “Dublin Airport has no current plans to introduce drop-off or pick-up charges.”

But Fine Gael Senator Emer Currie told Newstalk that the statement could be taken to mean anything.

“It could mean that they are holding it in their back pocket until a later stage or it could mean they’re going ahead introducing tolling infrastructure but not actually charging people. So it isn’t clear and I think people have been very clear about the fact they don’t want it and they want the DAA to scrap it.”