Eamon Ryan: Law to stop children buying e-scooters would be 'unenforceable' 

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan said there is nothing the Government could have introduced to legislate to stop the purchase of an e-scooter for younger people. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has said that laws to restrict the sale of e-scooters to people over the age of 16 would be “unenforceable”, and “bad law”.

The Green Party leader appeared before the Transport Committee to go through a swathe of mostly technical amendments to the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021.