David Cullen

You're describing one of the reasons, but it's dangerous for our clampers.

It's expensive.

We're the only country in Europe that does clamping.

And we hate it.

But we have no alternatives.

And it's a very black and white matter about the law.

Cutting a clamp off is an illegal act.

And it's a criminal offence.

So I'm not talking rubbish.

I know exactly what I'm talking about.

You can sell drugs nine days out of ten and on the tenth day you'll get caught.

So I wouldn't suggest the vigilante kind of approach because we do prosecute, but the numbers are small, but the ones that are prosecuted are dealt with by the courts.

So yes, we would like it to be more active, but as we all know, there's a limited guard resource and that's why they don't get to court or so few do get to court.

We would prefer to give out parking charge notices, the equivalent of parking fines.

They'd be half the price.

People wouldn't have to pay in the spot.

They could appeal.

That is the model around Europe, except for Ireland, unfortunately.