Overview
- The Cabinet will today authorize the immediate drafting of regulations to explicitly prohibit scramblers in parks, roads and other public places.
- Ministers plan to simplify seizure procedures for scramblers and to move toward destroying vehicles once confiscated.
- The package seeks legal clarity not delivered by 2023 laws, including a formal definition of what constitutes a scrambler.
- Micheál Martin has committed to a full review of e-bike and e-scooter regulation, with mandatory helmets, high-visibility clothing and fines under consideration.
- The push follows the death of 16-year-old Grace Lynch in Finglas, and a man has appeared in court charged in connection with the collision.