Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There was an issue identified prior to the most recent road traffic legislation with regard to the inability of gardaí to pursue scramblers. I have been canvassing in my area in recent weeks and there has been consistent feedback from residents about scramblers going through green spaces and a lot of antisocial behaviour associated with them. We are in the process of commencing many of the provisions relating to this that are in the legislation that was passed in the summer. One of these is that dangerous driving is now an offence on every terrain and not only in a public place. An issue identified prior to the enactment of that Bill was that gardaí could only pursue these vehicles on public roads and not on every terrain. They now have the power to seize these vehicles if used dangerously on any terrain. Some of the regulations on scramblers have already been commenced. There is a final piece of work and we hope to have the other provisions commenced in November.