Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I apologise if I repeat anything. I was in and out of the meeting. I imagine that a lot has been dealt with. There is a difficulty with personal versus the shared schemes. Witnesses are talking about reduced speed in certain areas. Are they talking about that being enforced by geo-fencing? I keep using the example of my son who bought one of these. Obviously, he does not have that restriction, so that is a difficulty for some from an enforcement point of view.

I imagine this has also been brought up, but if it has not could the witnesses comment on batteries and battery safety? When my son bought it, I was actually very glad that it actually broke straight away, so that no one would be coming to me complaining about him. I have not fixed it, but that is not because I am against e-scooters. I think they are here to stay as part of active living and active travel.

The witnesses have said what they have said on the speeds. I think we can all get on board with that. This is probably not quite the speeds that some of the disability groups wanted, but I suppose this has to be workable. Some of this will come down to that point I made earlier that our roads are imperfect, and our pavements are imperfect. We are starting from a bad place. Bespoke solutions will be imperfect even in places.

Insurance has been thrown up at us. I know what they witnesses will say. The logic is that if drivers have to wear a helmet, and if they need insurance, there will be too many obstacles to them. However, it is just one of those questions that have been put to us. Could I throw all of that at the witnesses?