Quad bikes and scramblers destroying habitats

QUAD BIKE and scrambler riders and sports utility vehicle drivers are destroying special areas of conservation but cannot be apprehended, the Dáil has heard.

Mary White (GP, Carlow-Kilkenny) said that most of the damage "to the most magnificent habitats" on the Carlow-Wexford border and the Wicklow uplands takes place at weekends; national park conservation rangers generally patrol on Monday to Friday.

Minister for Education Batt O'Keeffe said the Department of the Environment is drafting amendments to the habitats directive to include measures to "make the control of such vehicles and activities more effective".

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