New Ross Standard

Browne welcomes scrambler legislatio­n

- By BRENDAN KEANE

Minister James Browne TD, has welcomed new legislatio­n aimed at preventing misue of quads and scrambler styled motorbikes.

In welcoming the measure Min Browne said the legislatio­n is indicative of the Government’s determinat­ion to tackle anti-social behaviour in all forms including the misuse of MPVs.

In a statement made to this newspaper on Tuesday, Min Browne said: ‘Today, Cabinet has signed off on new legislatio­n to prohibit the use of mechanical­ly propelled vehicles on public or private land, except in certain circumstan­ces such as farmland.’

‘We will also give greater power to An Gardaí Síochana to detain such a vehicle in a location when permission has not been provided by the landowner,’ said Min Browne.

‘Gardaí will also be able, on foot of a warrant, to enter private premises to remove a suspected vehicle,’ he added.

Min Browne recently chaired meeting of the Anti-Social Behaviour Forum and tasked the members to report back in four weeks time with the aim of submitting a report to the Government on further actions to take to support communitie­s around the country.

‘In addition to this I will be publishing the new National Youth Justice Strategy in the coming weeks which will help young people in their communitie­s,’ said Min Browne.

He said the Government is determined to support young people and communitie­s around the country.

‘Today’s new legislatio­n is needed,’ he said.

‘In the coming weeks we will see further community wide strategies to help communitie­s as a whole beat anti-social behaviour.’

There have been issues in the past in Enniscorth­y and across County Wexford regarding the misuse of quads and scramblers but not in recent months.

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New legislatio­n is aimed at preventing misuse of quads and scamblers.

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