Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 413: To ask the Minister for Transport if he intends to introduce a system to allow for partial footpath parking in some urban areas at the discretion of local authorities; if such a system will be implemented through the painting of lines on the footpath to indicate the depth at which cars might park where such parking was allowed in order to allow wheelchairs, buggies or prams to pass parked cars safely and easily; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2770/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Article 36 of the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997, S.I. No. 182 of 1997, imposes prohibitions on the parking of vehicles on public roads, including a prohibition on parking a vehicle on a footway.

A proposal of the nature referred to by the Deputy was received last year in my Department from Dublin City Council. The council has been advised that this proposal will be considered in the context of a general revision of the traffic and parking regulations. The review is being pursued initially through the preparation of a new traffic signs manual being developed at present to provide a comprehensive framework for traffic signage in the future.