Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the contractor who carries out clamping on behalf of Dublin City Council will be regulated by the National Transport Authority under the Vehicle Clamping Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26376/14]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Programme for Government contains a commitment to legislate for vehicle clamping. Following approval by Government, I published the Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 on the 9th June 2014 which I hope to introduce in the Oireachtas in the near future. Section 101B of the Road Traffic Act 1961 provides for the clamping and/or towing of vehicles illegally parked on the public road by local authorities or their agents. This Vehicle Clamping Bill underlines the current legislation in this regard, and provides for the extension of existing provisions to include compliance with a statutory two-tier appeals process and any regulations made under the Bill applying to the physical administration of clamping activities.

The full legislative details of the Bill, as they apply to both the public and private sphere, together with an accompanying Explanatory Memorandum are available for download from the Oireachtas website under the Oireachtas Business / Bills and Legislation section.