I move amendment No. 151:
In page 47, subsection (1) (a), line 31, after "it" to insert "but the Minister shall not approve the scheme until the terms of the scheme have been approved by Dáil Éireann".
This point relating to the Minister's approval has come up before. This is another safeguard that I am trying to put in place. The Minister cannot cater for what future Governments, Ministers for Finance or the Department may decide. All we are dealing with is the legal provision which is that the Minister can approve all toll schemes. It is possible that in the future the National Roads Authority would tell the Minister that they have this great idea of raising more revenue to finance extra road construction programmes. I do not think this is far-fetched and time will prove me right, but that is beyond our scope today.
In amendment No. 151 I am requesting that the Dáil would have to give its approval. If, as the Minister says, there will be only a few toll roads here — there are two at present — it will be no big deal to lay a scheme before the Dáil for approval. As this is such a minor matter surely the Minister would be able to agree to the amendment.