Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 303: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 8 February 2007, the date that a photograph from Amsterdam showing partial parking on footpaths was received from Dublin City Council; if the circumstances, conditions and safety implications have been dealt with; if he has sufficient information to make the necessary amendment to the 1997 regulations to permit partial parking on public footpaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31077/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Contacts between my Department and management in Dublin City Council on this matter are continuing, and my Department received photographs on 15 November showing arrangements for the parking of vehicles fully rather than partially on a footpath, in what appears to be a variation of the on-street loading bay parking provided for in this country.

The paramount matter to be considered in relation to permitting parking fully or partially on pavements is the impact of any such measure on the safety and convenience of pedestrians and persons in wheelchairs who use the footpaths. The most recent Parliamentary Question on this subject is No. 415 of 5 December 2006.