Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 February 2026
430. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 858 and 859 of 10 February 2026, the total number of scramblers and quad bikes seized by an Garda Síochána in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13437/26]
View answerI am informed by Garda authorities that based on incidents of vehicles detained (including those detained under section 41 of the Road Traffic Act) as well as incidents of property seized on PULSE (where there was at least one linked vehicle that was either a scrambler or quad bike or both) the table below outlines incidents where a scrambler or quad bike was seized or detained by An Garda Síochána between 2020 and 2022.
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- |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
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Incidents where scramblers were seized or detained |
146 |
123 |
105 |
|
Incidents where quad bikes were seized or detained |
92 |
68 |
34 |
Figures are based on incidents occurring from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2022, inclusive. All information is based upon operational data from the PULSE system and is liable to change. Multiple vehicles may have been seized at each incident so, therefore, the figures above correspond to the number of incidents in which a vehicle was seized rather than the number of vehicles seized.
