Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding car parking in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [46331/12]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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As Minister I have responsibility for the laws relating to parking on public roads.  Within the options provided by these laws, it is a matter for the relevant local authority to decide what are the appropriate controls to apply to parking on a given street, including whether to apply time limits to parking at given locations, paid parking or indeed to ban parking at such locations.  If the parking issue by the Deputy relates to legal parking to which residents object, then the matter should be raised by the residents with the local authority.  If the parking concerned is not legal, then it should be again raised with the local authority for enforcemnet by the authority's traffic wardens or the Garda Síochána, who also have responsibility for enforcing traffic and parking regulations.