Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the increased fines for parking on footpaths which his Department introduced in January 2022, if he has considered other measures to support increased enforcement. [10834/22]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Parking regulations are enforced by local authority traffic wardens and by An Garda Síochána. While my department consulted extensively with both bodies before taking the decision to increase the penalties for parking on a footpath, bus lane or cycle track earlier this year, I have no role in devising or implementing increased enforcement strategies and cannot answer on the responsible bodies' behalf.

The Deputy may wish to raise this matter with the local authorities and with An Garda Síochána directly.