Dáil debates
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages
3:55 pm
Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source
Deputy Murphy's amendment raises an interesting issue. A clamp can only be released when payment of the fine has been made. I have had the experience of having to wait in awful weather conditions for two and a half hours from the point of payment to have a clamp removed. That is not acceptable. I believe that clamping companies, having been paid a release fee by credit card, should be fined in cases where the clamp is not removed within, say, one hour. Perhaps that is already provided for in the legislation. The maximum time limit within which following payment a clamp should be removed is one hour.
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