Overview
- Taoiseach Micheál Martin and road safety minister Seán Canney plan to meet Transport Minister Darragh O'Brien to discuss tightening rules.
- Options under consideration include compulsory helmets and high-visibility clothing, plus tougher enforcement of the 20 km/h limit and the under‑16 ban.
- Officials signal they are unlikely to pursue registration or rider licensing despite calls from some politicians.
- Ireland’s Royal College of Physicians reports e-scooter crashes are now the leading cause of traumatic brain injuries in children admitted to the national paediatric neurosurgical centre.
- Ministers highlight an enforcement gap as private e-scooters are widely sold with advertised top speeds far above the legal limit.