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Dáil
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Antisocial scrambler and quad use

Summary

Deputy Dessie Ellis backed measures in the Road Traffic Bill to tackle widespread antisocial use of scramblers and quads. The Taoiseach said the problem had existed for years and urged quick passage of the legislation.

The Taoiseach answered somewhat the question regarding quads and scramblers. Over the weekend, there was a massive increase in the number of these being used right across Dublin, including in my constituency. I ran into them several times myself. There are Government amendments to the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 that seek to tackle the sort of antisocial activity that is going on but it remains to be seen whether these amendments will be successful in dealing with this plague of antisocial activity. I support any measures that go some way towards tackling this issue. I urge the Taoiseach to move forward with this Bill as quickly as possible and not to delay. This issue has been going on for more than ten years. I have been dealing with it in this Dáil for at least ten years and we are still not there. We are almost there. Let us get there and see if this will work.

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Leo Varadkar The Taoiseach Fine Gael

I hear the Deputy. This issue first crossed my desk when I was a member of Fingal County Council so it has been going on for that long. For a long time, there were disputes as to whether new legislation would help. Let us see if it does. Let us get this legislation done as quickly as we can.

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