Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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1190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 10th July 2012, if he will consider introducing a pilot scheme for partial footpath parking in a particular location as a trial. [34723/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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As I explained to the Deputy in my response to the Question referred to, there are sound arguments against allowing partial parking on pavements. The key concerns are: that footpaths are provided for the safety of pedestrians and to segregate vulnerable road users from passing or parking traffic on the roadway; that footpaths are not constructed to the same specifications as roads and are not built to bear the weight of vehicles; and that pavement parking, if allowed in some areas, could become a matter of habit for many people and difficult to restrict to the areas where it is legally permitted. As all of these concerns would still apply, whether or not a pilot scheme was carried out, I do not have any plans to carry out such a scheme in the foreseeable future.