Regulations to ban scramblers outright in public places were delayed due to “competing” interests in the Department of Transport across 2½ years, documents show. Minutes of a November 2023 meeting noted that the scrambler regulations “have been slightly delayed due to competing commitments”. The Bill was enacted in April 2024, having commenced development in late 2023.”But in correspondence between the department and Garda in February 2025, after the Road Traffic Act 2024 was enacted, “competing work commitments” were again blamed for the “slow” progress of the scrambler regulations. It was agreed to start planning the wording of the regulations at a meeting in May 2024. The regulations were again discussed by the department and Garda in June, September and November of last year.

Source: The Irish Times March 05, 2026 07:30 UTC