Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2025-10-15
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Paul Nicholas Gogarty (IND), Dublin Mid-West

Increasingly, I have had constituents get on to me about multiple bus lane violations and pedestrian traffic light violations where kids are crossing and cars continue to go through the lights. There are fewer members of the Garda Síochána per head of population since 2008, although the numbers have been increasing. We have a Garda National Roads Policing Bureau, formerly the traffic corps. However, at this stage we need a dedicated traffic and parking enforcement agency, separate to An Garda Síochána, which would free up resources for the guards to get out and tackle antisocial behaviour and deal with criminals. We must also have the visible nabbing of people for these offences.
South Dublin County Council's traffic section has video but it cannot share it because of GDPR. We need to tackle this issue or someone is going to get killed.

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Sitting date: 2025-10-15