Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Recently the Government, and Fianna Fáil, opposed the Sinn Féin Bill that proposed to regulate the use of quad bikes and scramblers. In the newspapers yesterday, the Minister for Justice and Equality, in response to the wife of a victim of a scrambler accident in a public park, clearly indicated that he is "fully committed to supporting any positive actions that can be pursued to counteract this serious public safety issue". Unfortunately, when the opportunity arose in the Dáil to support such "positive actions", the Government failed to do so. The Minister has stated that he has received detailed legal advice on this matter from the Attorney General. Could he share this advice with the House? What are his plans to bring forward legislation and when does he expect to do it? This is a serious issue.

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