E-scooter regulations need to change, Jack Chambers says
E-scooter regulations “need to change”, the Minister for Public Expenditure has said.
Fianna Fáil’s Jack Chambers was responding to a question from Mary Lou McDonald during Leader’s Questions in the Dáil on Tuesday.
The Sinn Féin leader said the country has been “shocked” by reports of “children now fighting for their lives because of e-scooter crashes”.
She said she had heard “doctors warn of an epidemic of traumatic brain injury”, gardaí concerned about the risks of their “reckless and unlawful use” and “many older people are literally afraid to walk through town centres”.
The Government’s policy is “slow, fragmented, wholly inadequate”, she added, and said Gardaí need greater enforcement powers and penalties.
Mr Chambers said he shared her “significant” concerns around the vehicles, and said Minister for Transport, Darragh O’Brien, told him a review of regulations is under way.
He said this would be particularly focused on helmets and...
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