Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current guidelines governing the regulation of private clampers; if he intends to reform this area during his tenure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5706/12]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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While current legislation permits local authorities to clamp vehicles in public places, either directly or by contract with a clamping company, there is no legislation covering clamping on private property.

In line with the commitment in the Programme for Government to regulate the vehicle clamping industry, I recently presented a discussion document to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Environment, Transport, Culture and the Gaeltacht, outlining the issues involved in regulating the industry, my proposals on the shape of appropriate legislation and inviting their views.

When the Committee's views have been received, I anticipate that appropriate legislation will be brought before the Oireachtas.