Government to meet transport chiefs over planned toll increases

Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys and Junior Transport Minister Hildegarde Naughton at the Fine Gael ard fheis at Technological University of the Shannon in Athlone, Co Westmeath. Picture: Damien Storan/PA Wire

Motorists should not be forced to "bear the brunt" of proposed toll rises, the junior transport minister has said.

Motorway toll charges across the country will rise to their maximum permitted price in the coming weeks, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) has confirmed.