Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

On the issue of scramblers, I thank Deputy McAuliffe and number of other Deputies. I realise this is a critical issue for their communities, for protecting our local environment and our people. The positive side is creating facilities to give our young people outlets to use these devices safely. Both carrot and stick are important, and we need the legislative constraints. The programme for Government commitment came from a number of Deputies, and there is urgency in terms of getting legislation through on that as well as a number of other permissions.

On the issue of publication, my interest for this and a number of other issues which are in the legislation is for as much speed as possible. My understanding is we have to get through the pre-legislative scrutiny process, so that, in a sense, is the first hurdle we need to get over. Publication would be soon as possible after that. If it were possible to do it before summer recess, I would do it. It is probably more likely to be published early in the return. My expectation is to go straight into the Dáil. This legislation is needed for a variety of different reasons: for scramblers, e-bikes, variable speed limits, for BusConnects - I could go on. There is time urgency. My expectation is we publish it as soon as we can after pre-legislative scrutiny, and then into the Dáil as soon as we can. It is unlikely we will get it before the recess. I expect this in the Dáil as soon as the Dáil returns at the end of September.