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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister is bringing in a category where below 25 kg will become legal.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: And would be regulated.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister says there are not many in the category over 25 kg out there but there are some out there. What will happen with that category?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Under the legislation, do those vehicles fall in to being unsafe and so forth? Will the legislation allow the gardaí to deal with that issue? Does the current legislation do so?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is the Minister currently satisfied that when this legislation comes in, those in the category over 25 kg are subject to the law?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: So they are subject to the law but they are outside it.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: They are not legal but they would be subject to the law.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: By way of clarification on the regulations the Minister seeks to bring in, will there be any age limit on people buying a PPT?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: This is a critical issue in the public domain. Will the Minister go back over his briefing note and the reason he seeks to take this section out and why it is not enforceable?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I know we have dealt with the section, but the Minister when speaking to previous sections referred to the speed limits in respect of e-scooters or PPTs. There is the option of regulation to amend such speed limits. This issue is a keen one in the public domain. I am asking only for points of clarification rather than expressing an opinion as Chair, but the Minister could further elaborate...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is there anything within the legislation that allows An Garda Síochána to ask someone who is riding a PPT his or her age? I take the Minister's point about purchase, but use is the big issue here.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister would hardly pass for being 16 years of age.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: At a stretch.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister will appreciates it is an issue of major concern in the public domain.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I ask the Minister and his officials, who have already looked at this, to have a further look at it prior to Report Stage to see if there is any mechanism in this regard to deal with the supply and, more particularly, the use. It is not uncommon to see two teenagers, whom I regard to be very young, on a scooter, and I fear in many cases for their safety. This is a safety issue and I ask the...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister that he will undertake to look at this issue again for Report Stage

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: This is a new section. Amendments Nos. 58 and 62 are related and will be discussed together. I call on the Minister to speak now, please.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Regarding amendment No. 62, there was a context in terms of Limerick. Is there a sister element going through justice legislation on it, or is it stand-alone?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Okay. We would welcome if the Minister did that body of work before Report Stage.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Amendments No. 59, 60 and 63 to 65, inclusive, in the name of the Minister, are related and may be discussed together by agreement.