Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if traffic and parking wardens are categorised as essential workers. [11939/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, the Chief Executive of the Council is responsible for staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority.

Local Authorities continue to deliver essential services, part of which includes traffic management which requires the attendance of traffic and parking wardens in the workplace. Illegal parking can endanger or obstruct others on the road, especially pedestrians or cyclists. Poorly parked vehicles can pose a particular issue for wheelchair users, those who are visually impaired, parents with prams and they can also obstruct access for emergency vehicles.