Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

If a car is causing obstruction, I have no problem with it being removed. If a car is parked on a public road leading to a hospital and breaking the rules of the road, there are sanctions that can be used, including clamping. In St. James's Hospital, the Luas runs through the grounds and people often parked along there, which is why paid parking was put in the hospital grounds. It uses a barrier method and is quite expensive. The point I am making is that there are sanctions other than clamping that could be used to prohibit people from parking inappropriately in the grounds of the hospital and that car parking should be designed with that in mind.