Gardaí need to be given the resources they need to enforce any ban on scrambler bikes, one of Ireland’s most well known driving instructors has said. 

Over the weekend, teenager Grace Lynch was hit by a scrambler in Finglas and later died in hospital. 

A teenage man has been charged in connection with her death and appeared before Blanchardstown District Court on Tuesday. 

At a rally to remember Ms Lynch attended by hundreds of Dubliners, her mother, Siobhán Gifford Lynch, vowed to do everything she could to get scrambler bikes banned. 

In response, Taoiseach Micheál Martin convened a meeting between the Departments of Justice and Transport and promised legislation within weeks. 

On Newstalk Breakfast, Brenda Bolger of the Bolger School of Motoring said it was “good that steps are being taken”. 

 However, Ms Bolger added that she has concerns about the practical implication of the law.

New legislation is also likely to include further restrictions on e-scooters and e-bikes, which people have also raised concerns about in recent years. 

“When the Government introduces a new rule, we've had the rules around e-scooters,” she said. 

“We've had the rules around sulky racing; all of this introduction is great, but it's lacking the teeth of enforcement - and we need the enforcement.

“I'm not pointing the finger at the Gardaí either; they're having new laws introduced that they then have to police, but there aren't any new resources being allocated to them to be able to police it.” 

Scramblers bikes seized by Gardaí.

Ms Bolger warned that Gardaí will need help implementing any legislation. 

“I hope they have the resources that they can go out and they can target because it is unacceptable,” she said. 

“To have people treat them as if the public road is their own private track and that they don't have a responsibility to other road users. 

“Everybody who uses the road, it isn't your right to be able to drive a vehicle - it's a privilege and it's a community effort and you have to be able to be responsible and have value to your own life and the lives of everybody else that you have to share that space with.”

So far, nine people have died on Ireland’s roads so far this year.

Main image: A Garda with confiscated scrambler bikes. Picture by: An Garda Síochána.