To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline the proposals he plans to bring forward by May 2021 to revise the system of objections to residential parking schemes, so that priority is given specifically to objections with genuine local interest.

I am well aware that despite considerable effort since the former Department for Regional Development (DRD) first drafted a Residents’ Parking policy in 2007 it has not been possible to implement any Residents’ Parking schemes.

I have asked that my Department’s current Residents’ Parking policy, and its associated processes for engaging and consulting with the public, inherited from the former DRD, be reviewed and compared against policies and approaches in cities in England and in Dublin to test if they are still appropriate. This work is largely complete and I plan to engage with my officials before the end of November to see what can be done to advance schemes.

I am keen to make progress with this issue and hope to see schemes being implemented well ahead of May 2021.