Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 137: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for legislative proposals for regulating clamping companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35055/10]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Clamping activities carried out by local authorities and by private companies hired by them are regulated under the Road Traffic (Immobilisation of Vehicles) Regulations of 1998, which give effect to Section 101 (B) of the Road Traffic Act 1961, as inserted by section 9 of the Dublin Transport Authority (Dissolution) Act 1987. I have no plans to amend this legislation. The question of how many local authorities employ clamping companies and other information pertaining to those companies are matters for the local authorities, and my Department holds no data in relation to such matters.