Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 June 2010
321 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Transport his plans to amend or replace the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations (1997) to permit cycling on some or all footways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28300/10]
View answer322 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Transport his plans to amend or replace the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations (1997) or enact new regulations to introduce the concept of shared use footways where the whole footway is shared between cyclists and pedestrians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28301/10]
View answer323 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport his plans to amend or replace the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations, 1997 Act to permit cycling on some or all footways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28420/10]
View answer324 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport his plans to amend or replace the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations, 1997 Act or enact new regulations to introduce the concept of shared use of footways where the whole footway is shared between cyclists and pedestrians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28421/10]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 321 to 324, inclusive, together.
Article 13 of the Road (Traffic and Parking) Regulations, 1997 prohibits the driving of vehicles, including pedal cycles, along or across footways except where a specific cycle track has been provided or the vehicle is being driven for the purpose of access to or egress from a place adjacent to the footway. I have no proposals to amend these provisions.
