In my constituency, in the past two weeks, we have seen an injury involving an e-scooter on a cycle lane because the user of the e-scooter broke a red light and severely injured a ten-year-old boy. We saw a fatality involving a scrambler bike in the Citywest-Saggart area three weeks ago. Time and time again, I am getting complaints and representations from people across my constituency about the use of e-scooters and scrambler bikes. While e-scooters in particular are a welcome addition to the active travel agenda, they need to be accompanied by assurances that the users of those e-scooters obey the rules of the road effectively, that they are correctly lit up and that they have respect for other road users. Equally, with regard to the scramblers that terrorise many housing estates across Dublin Mid-West on a near daily basis, while we welcome the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 introduced by the previous Government, there is an enforcement question that we need to see addressed. We need to see a more consistent approach to enforcement in terms of seizing illegally held scramblers but also encouraging their sensible and careful use. Will the Taoiseach work with the Government and An Garda Síochána to increase enforcement but also to increase educational awareness about the safe use of e-scooters and scrambler bikes?

I thank the Deputy for raising what is a very important issue. Although regulations were introduced in 2024 to allow for the legal use of e-scooters on Irish roads, I believe they need to be kept under constant review because there are clear dangers and vulnerabilities in regard to their use. Those regulations extended the rules of the road already in place for pedal cycles to include e-scooters, provide for technical standards and conditions for safe use and set a minimum age of 16 and a speed limit of 20 km/h. Also An Garda Síochána can issue a fixed-charge notice of €50 to e-scooter users. As the Deputy knows, the 2023 Act which he referenced deals with dangerous driving and antisocial use of scramblers and quad bikes via three key measures. Dangerous driving has become an offence everywhere. Gardaí have powers of seizure. Under section 11(b) of that Act, there is a new power to provide in regulations for the prohibition or restriction of the uses of classes of vehicles in particular places. These regulations are currently being prepared by the Department of Transport. I will follow that up with the Minister and alert him to the Deputy's interest in this.