Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I monitored the deliberations with the departmental officials on the screen. I welcome them here. I also thank Deputy Noel Rock for acknowledging that it was Deputies MacSharry and Troy who initiated proceedings to push this legislation forward.

The TRL report is where I pulled most of my questions from. When I googled them, I learned more about these scooters than I did from the TRL report. The report left more questions unanswered than answered. Are the witnesses any the wiser from that report?

Scooters are mechanically propelled vehicles and they should be subject to the Road Traffic Act 1961. Currently, if a garda pulls a person on the road with an e-scooter, could he or she be prosecuted for having no lights or indicators? Are such scooters illegally on the road at present?