I express my sympathies to the family and friends of Grace Lynch. I welcome the news today that new legislation to implement a total ban on scrambler use in public spaces will be called Grace's law in her memory. In my constituency of Carlow-Kilkenny over the past year and a half or two years, we have seen an increasing number of scrambler bikes in and on the forest trails around the foothills of Mount Leinster. I know loads of people who have had frightening experiences with scramblers while out walking these trails with young children and dogs. My concern is that the welcome new law and necessary strengthening of enforcement powers for An Garda Síochána will have the unintended consequence of making Coillte's 3,000 km of marked walking trails more appealing to scrambler users and therefore more dangerous for the thousands of walkers who utilise these trails regularly. How does the Government propose to tackle off-road scrambler use on Coillte's land?

It will be banned in public parks, on public lands and on public roads. Coillte has a responsibility to ensure its trails, walkways and so on are not used by illegal scramblers using scrambler bikes. There will have to be a zero-tolerance approach to the use of scramblers where the public are engaged. They should be used in proper sporting facilities where they were originally meant to be used. Where I was reared we had a scrambler track nearby in Vernonmount. We never had any problems with them being used on our roads or around our neighbourhood. It was always understood that they were there for a sporting purpose. I accept that has changed and the world has changed. Appalling behaviour is evident on our roads and in public parks. We have to make sure that all public authorities and the gardaí make sure it does not happen.