Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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523. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure by which the Garda or local authorities can remove vehicles from public roads, or employ other agencies to do so on their behalf which are reportedly blocking the passage of wide loads, while otherwise being lawfully parked; if such permission exists in law; by whom it can be exercised; the protocols attached thereto; if there is a responsibility on the authorities to notify vehicle owners that their vehicle has been removed to an alternative location; the full procedure for a person seeking Garda or other authority to facilitate the movement of a wide load through a public road; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41576/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will appreciate that while I have no responsibility for interpretation of the law in relation to road traffic matters of the type described by him, or for the functions of local authorities in this regard, I have, to be of assistance, requested a report from the Garda authorities insofar as their remit is concerned and will contact the Deputy directly as soon as the report is to hand.