COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 08, 2019

MOTION NO. 2

MOTION: Councillor P. Kearns

"That this Area Committee calls on the Chief Executive to address as a matter of urgency the growing problem of scramblers in Tymon Park."

REPORT:

Plans are in place to identify the access points where scramblers enter the park and to examine options to eliminate these. The intended target area will focus on access points near the Basketball arena. A mixture of fencing, kissing gates and other types of barriers will be examined and used to prevent access to the park.

 In addition, South Dublin County Council has been working with other relevant agencies towards a resolution of the misuse of scramblers/quads which is being experienced across the Dublin region.

A High Level Task Force has been established with representation from the Dublin local authorities, the Gardai, Dept of Justice & Equality and Motorcross.   At the most recent meeting which was held on 14th November 2018 it was noted that a report had been prepared by the Attorney General for the Department of Justice & Equality in relation to legislation.  This report noted that the Attorney General considered that existing Road Traffic legislation could potentially be amended to extend the powers of the Gardai to deal with the relevant scrambler / quad issues, and given that the existing legislation is relative to the Department of Transport Tourism & Sport, any proposed changes to such existing legislation would have to be agreed with that department.   

It is understood that consultation between the various stakeholders is now required and it is understood that this consultation is scheduled to take place early in 2019.