An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2026-01-27
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Gary Gannon (SD), Dublin Central

I return to the scourge of scramblers. Despite the assurance the Taoiseach gave earlier, the fact of the matter is it should not have taken as long as it has taken to get to this point. The legislation passed in 2023 to give effect to the control of scramblers and enforcement had provision for a prohibition on the use of scramblers in urban communities. Last night, I watched a person of extraordinary courage, Siobhán Lynch, 24 hours after the death of her daughter, stand in front of her community and family and say she would place her own devastation alongside her courage to campaign to end the scourge of scramblers in our communities. She will need support. Does the Taoiseach have a timeline for enacting a prohibition on the use and, I would argue, the sale of scramblers in our areas?

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