Horse and carriage regulation
Deputy Ó Snodaigh raised long-standing concerns about uninsured, unsafe horse-and-carriage operators and delayed reform of the nineteenth-century legislation governing the trade. The Tánaiste said he would seek a timeline from the Minister for the proposed legislation.
Tá Lá Fheile Pádraig trí seachtaine uainn agus an séasúr turasóireachta os ár gcomhair agus níl aon bhogadh ar an gceist atá á ardú agam anseo. A major feature of our tourism offering in this city and elsewhere is the horse and carriage jaunts. Many of those involved ply their trade without insurance and with unfit carriages and drivers, many of whom have no vetting at all. I have raised this issue regularly for the past five or six years and have been told that there is an engagement with stakeholders with a view to repealing the 1853 to 1855 Acts which regulate this trade, if we can call it regulation. When is that stakeholder engagement taking place and when will the legislation or at least the heads of a Bill be published as promised by many Ministers?
