Noel Rock (Dublin North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I agree with Mr. O'Leary to an extent. Safety is a paramount concern. Given that these vehicles are already in use I feel we are coming at the same thing from different sides to an extent. Road safety is paramount for me, the Department and the Road Safety Authority, RSA. These vehicles are in use. There is somewhat of a reluctance to enforce actions against them. Mr. O’Leary does not need to speak on this. When they go through the city centre, they pass gardaí. They go down Kildare Street and Merrion Street and they pass gardaí but they are not stopped. There is no framework of standards because they are all, in the view of the Department and the prosecution, illegal. Therefore, there is no distinction between someone who is doing 40 km/h on one and someone doing 15 km/h or between someone using the footpath and someone who is not. By enabling their legalisation and enforcing adherence to a certain framework of standards, we would be in a safer place.

In her statement Ms Murdock said: "Overall, from a safety perspective, it is critical that Ireland’s infrastructure is fit for purpose to accommodate the safe use of these devices...". She might just as easily been talking about a bicycle.