Keith Connolly

And as one of our previous speakers also mentioned, we're one of the only European countries to actually issue clamps as well.

A lot of countries have moved on a long time ago and they've managed to fix plenty of notices all by towing away.

Well, in relation to... If someone parks in a Dublin City Council car park, obviously we have boy laws that allow us, Dublin Street Parking Services, to issue a fixed-time notice to that person.

And if it's not paid in 28 days, it doubles, and then it can be taken to court.

We already have those powers in the city.

If it's a private car park, obviously, I'm not aware of the different legalities of it.

But in the city, certainly.

But even still, in 2024, we still had over 40,000 clamps in the city, which is an awful lot.

And we only had over 23,000, I think, fixed pension notices.

I'd be more in favor of phasing out the clamp.

More fixed pension notices and more towing away.

And particularly towing away, because the cost of car being towed away, I think it's €250,000.

to get that relief.

And then it's €25 per day when it's in the pound as well.

So it's a lot of money.