Here's where the top 10 clamping blackspots were in Dublin city last year
The number of vehicles clamped in Dublin city in 2019 was up 8% to 46,516.
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The number of vehicles clamped in Dublin city in 2019 was up 8% to 46,516.
The NTA launched the public consultation on its Code of Practice today.
Last year, the council recorded revenue of €27.9 million from parking fees.
Only a small percentage of those who are clamped seek to reverse the €80 fee.
In the year under review in 2017, 55,977 vehicles were clamped in the city council area which works out at just over 150 every day.
The clamping appeal officers must be “of good character” and be familiar with “natural justice”.
Over half of the clamping appeals made in the first nine months of the year were successful.
Gardaí issued fixed charge penalty notices to the owners of vehicles parked on the same footpath.
Last year legislation came into effect to regulate clamping in Ireland, allowing for an appeals process from people who have felt hard-done by from clamping companies.
Questions around the ten minute grace period not being fairly given made up a number of the complaints about clamping last year.
Another driver said that the wrong car was de-clamped after they paid the de-clamp fee.
There were 14 reports of aggressive behaviour towards clamping staff in the first eight months of this year.
A passerby stopped with the woman and had to pay the fine.
These are just some of the recurring complaints that Dublin City Council receive about clamping.
DCC received 63 complaint about clamping from May 2016 to May of this year.
The regulations will be published next week, with the NTA taking over in October.
Clamping fees due to Dublin City Council increased by €100,000 in 2016 according to a report in today’s Irish Times.
The cars had valid parking tickets but were not parked in marked spaces at Newbridge train station.
The station has recently become busier because of a new route.
The Transport Minister has “utter sympathy” for people who are clamped – but says hospitals should manage their own parking operations.
Were you caught in any of these locations?
Paschal Donohoe said it’s a matter for individual hospitals.
The TD suggested we consider banning the practice.
Three clamping staff were also attacked during that time in the city.
A new Bill seeks to regulate release fees and introduce a complaints process.
Their days as rogue clampers, that is. New laws are being brought in to… well, clamp-down on the practice.
The Transport Minister added that it has been ‘highly effective’ in changing driver behaviour.
Dublin Street Parking Services voted in a secret ballot this afternoon on possible strike action.
Dublin City Council has reportedly set a target of 60,000 vehicles clamped a year.
Local authorities collected €115 million in parking fees last year.
God knows we all needed a little cheering up occasionally in the past 12 months. Fortunately, there were sometimes camels on the beach…
The new provisions will establish an independent appeals process.
The threat at the Newbridge store is part of a wider dispute where parking facilities have been withdrawn at 116 Irish stores.
There’s something wrong in the system when we are topping-up hospital executives’ pay while clamping patients in hospital car parks for money, writes Catherine Murphy TD.
That potty mouth will cost you.
A picture from a TheJournal.ie reader shows the car parked in a pay-and-display section of the IFSC.