Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 February 2015

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage

2:00 pm

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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I believe clamping should not be permitted on hospital grounds. It is interesting that this issue does not seem to have presented as a significant problem for the United Kingdom, our nearest neighbour, with its population of 57 million. We have a relatively small population in comparison and I believe that hospital traffic can be managed in a way that manages obstructions without putting punitive pressure on people who are, in the main, either patients or visitors to the hospital.