Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Last night in two parks of Dublin 15, namely Hartstown Park and Mick Walsh Park, local people were forced to leave the parks due to fears over safety. Scramblers have been running amok in both of those parks and throughout Dublin 15 for the past several weeks and months. I am deeply frustrated about this because I have raised it literally since I came into the Dáil and every single time it has been brought up. There is a continued lack of action. We do not need studies, plans or reviews, or all the usual mechanisms to delay or block. This week I again watched a video of a police force in Britain effectively dealing with scramblers through an anti-scrambler unit. They have them all over Britain. I have been saying this time and again. I ask the Minister for Justice to sit down with the Garda to discuss this and put plans in place to deal with it effectively, because at the moment there is absolutely nothing to stop individuals on scramblers running amok in our communities.

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