Regulations to ban scramblers outright in public places were delayed due to “competing” interests in the Department of Transport across 2½ years, documents show.
The Government has had the power since 2023 to impose an explicit ban on such vehicles, but it did not move to enact the regulations until shortly after Grace Lynch (16) was fatally injured by a scrambler in Finglas, Dublin last January.
The records show the Garda asked the department – almost a year before Grace was killed – about the progress of regulations after it was informed by Fingal County Council that it had passed a motion raising concerns about the number of scrambler incidents in its area.