Noel Rock
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 12 Jul
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So for example, you can restrict under 16s using them because you could require a passport scan or something like that before you're able to activate them.
You can restrict speed, obviously, because they're not owned by the private individual.
So you can restrict speed on them.
You can restrict usage in certain areas.
So for example...
Let's say Temple Bar would strike me as unsuitable for a scooter.
It's pedestrianized, cobblestone for the most part.
You could geolock Temple Bar.
And that's why Paris got rid of them.
Yeah.
And that's why I mentioned different cities.
have approached this in kind of lots of different ways, essentially.
So there's no one size fits all model.
Yeah, yeah, I think, like, they're already banned for under 16s, but obviously that ban is... No, but actually enforceable.
Exactly, Adrian.
Like, that ban isn't working.
Like, it's a soft ban.
Yeah, and indeed maybe no idea how powerful a vehicle it is.
My understanding is there was a stat before the Oireachtas Transport Committee yesterday around this where some polling or survey work was undertaken and fewer than perhaps 20% of parents were aware of the under-16 ban being in place.
Like quite a significantly low number raised by Deputy Shane Moynihan of Fianna Fáil and Dublin Midwest.
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