Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for coming in and putting together their presentations. We are in a bit of a vacuum in that we have not seen the full detail of the legislation but the witnesses have experience of dealing with legislation in other countries and what works and what does not work. From that experience, are there things that the witnesses consider essential that must be in the legislation? There is an issue around engine size, battery size, the power of the vehicle and so on. Equally they might reference the fact that we had a committee meeting with the National Council for the Blind of Ireland, NCBI, of which most of them are aware. How would they respond to the concerns of NCBI about footpaths, the noise, how doable it is to add some kind of a noise so that people are aware of the e-scooter's existence? Is that doable? They have far more experience in this industry than we have but it is coming and it needs to be implemented well. They all have great experience of doing that but what do we need to have in the legislation that may or may not be there or is being talked about? What do we need to do to be an example of best practice because there are cities in which it has worked very well but equally there are cities where it has not worked well?