Road Safety
Dail Éireann — 2026-07-09
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Marie Sherlock (LAB), Dublin Central

I join Deputy Geoghegan in raising these concerns. The question has to be asked at this stage as to what it will take for the Government to respond to what is a very real crisis among the communities I represent and many other communities across this country. This is literally a life-or-death issue, or, many times, a fate almost as bad as death in terms of the horrendous acquired brain injuries that impact every facet of a young person’s life. It is simply devastating to think that there are children as young as six, seven and eight, who are the same age as my own, going around on scooters and being facilitated in having access to them.
We hear all the comments about An Garda Síochána needing to be resourced and equipped but the time has come for radical action. This falls to the Minister for justice, but also to the Minister for Transport. We need a registration system and drone detection technology, which has been rolled out in other cities. We must make sure we have a specialised Garda unit that will effectively target children and those underage. We also need to make sure that we tackle the retailers illegally selling scooters capable of operating above the speed limit.

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Sitting date: 2026-07-09