John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the relevant regulation governing any obligation on private car park operators in areas such as shopping centre car parks to provide disabled spaces and to provide them free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7918/22]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Accessibility requirements under current planning laws are not a matter for my Department.

The installation and enforcement of disabled bays in private car parks, such as those attached to shopping centres and other commercial premises, is the responsibility of the car park's owner. My Department has no role in this regard and neither An Garda Síochána nor local authority traffic wardens have the legal powers to issue Fixed Charge Notices on private property.