Shane Moynihan (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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769. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooters which were seized by An Garda Síochána across the country in 2024. [63333/25]

Shane Moynihan (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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770. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooters which were seized by An Garda Síochána in Dublin in 2024. [63334/25]

Shane Moynihan (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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771. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooters which were seized by An Garda Síochána across the country to date in 2025. [63335/25]

Shane Moynihan (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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772. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooters which were seized by An Garda Síochána in Dublin to date in 2025. [63336/25]

Shane Moynihan (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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773. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooters which were seized from persons under 16 years of age in 2024. [63337/25]

Shane Moynihan (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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774. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooters which were seized from persons under 16 years of age to date in 2025. [63338/25]

Shane Moynihan (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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775. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooters that were seized by An Garda Síochána in 2024 linked to criminal activity. [63339/25]

Shane Moynihan (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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776. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooters that were seized by An Garda Síochána to date in 2025 linked to criminal activity. [63340/25]

Shane Moynihan (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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777. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooters which were seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63341/25]

Shane Moynihan (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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778. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooters which were seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63342/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 769, 770, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777 and 778 together.

Below is a yearly breakdown of the number of incidents in which an e-scooter was detained or seized by Gardaí since 1 January 2024.

"Vehicles detained incidents" include, but are not limited to, those detained under S41 of the Road Traffic Act.

"Vehicles seized incidents" refers to instances where Gardaí seize property and can include items that are the proceeds of crime, items of evidence in the investigation of a crime, or vehicles for technical examination.

I am further informed by Garda authorities that data recorded on PULSE for vehicle seizures or detentions are generally non-crime incidents and will tend to not have a recording for an offender’s age. Given that recording varies across the range of incident types, person associations with incidents/vehicles and whether an incident was crime or non-crime, An Garda Síochána is unable to provide data on the number of e-scooters seized from persons under 16 years of age.

The Garda authorities have confirmed that there were 52 incidents in 2024 and 67 incidents to date in 2025 where the detention or seizures of an e-scooter was linked to a crime incident other than those related to road traffic offences.

I have further been advised that the Criminal Assets Bureau have not seized any e-scooters in 2024 and 2025 to date.