Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Much of what I had intended to ask about e-scooters has been covered. I accept the point that rental schemes for scooters, no more than car rental schemes, are not legislated for in road legislation, but there is an issue with scooter management. Thousands of scooters have appeared on footpaths. Will there be any legislation or is it up to the local authority to do that on its own through by-laws? I refer also to questions of where the scooters can be housed and parked. Has any thought gone into that? Clearly, they are popular and are becoming more so. With bike schemes such as Bleeperbike, people can now lock the bikes to various things and leave them in various places, unlike Dublinbikes. Has any thought gone into setting up a regulatory regime for how to manage scooters? It is clear they will be more popular in future.