Parking problems

secondrowgal

Hi all

I've done a search and can't find what I'm looking for so I thought I'd ask here. We live in the grounds of publicly-owned land (i.e. The land is owned by the Government) but we have an access road in. All fine. This is in a town, not a rural area. Problem is that locals have discovered the "free" parking in here. Which in general is also fine. However, at certain times of the year, like Christmas for instance, the parking gets crazy.

People park up the side of our access road, there is a lot of grass area and they park in this, churning up the whole place, and they even park like general pricks in that the entrance-way is almost blocked.

I've called the guards a few times but unless they are parked outside the entrance it's deemed private property and they've told me that they can't do anything.

Can anyone point me to any relevant legislation/government guidelines, etc., on parking in such areas?

My main concern is my mother is quite elderly and has needed an ambulance a few times over the last year and I'm quite worried that an ambulance wouldn't be able to get into us.

Or am I just fubarred

Fred Swanson

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secondrowgal

Thanks Fred, will do, but I'm wondering if you/anyone can point me to any legislation on this so I have some facts in my corner?

coylemj

If the land is owned by 'the government' then I'm assuming you mean that the legal owner is the Minister for something or other, you will need to write to that department and unless you want to be ignored as a crank, I'd do it via a Govt. (FG or Labour) T.D. The local council can't help you.

secondrowgal

coylemj wrote: »

If the land is owned by 'the government' then I'm assuming you mean that the legal owner is the Minister for something or other, you will need to write to that department and unless you want to be ignored as a crank, I'd do it via a Govt. (FG or Labour) T.D. The local council can't help you.

Yes, coylemj, thank you. That's exactly it.

Probably on a hiding to nothing though if I have to deal with the Minister ☹️:(

getaroom

Early on a sunday morning put in a removable bollard set in quick setting cement. No one will know who put it in.

Losty Dublin

secondrowgal wrote: »

Yes, coylemj, thank you. That's exactly it.

Probably on a hiding to nothing though if I have to deal with the Minister ☹️:(

You don't write directly to the Minister. You write to the relevant body of State which occupies the land as they manage the land on a day to day basis.

coylemj

Losty Dublin wrote: »

You don't write directly to the Minister. You write to the relevant body of State which occupies the land as they manage the land on a day to day basis.

If the OP writes directly to the minister or that department, it will get intercepted by the civil service and will achieve nothing because 'do nothing' is the usual option they chose. The only way to get action will be to get a Govt. T.D. to write a letter to the relevant minister seeking a solution to the problems outlined by the OP, that way the civil servants will have to either agree to do something, or give the minister a reason why they shouldn't try to fix the problem.

In principle you shouldn't have to do it that way but this is Ireland - if you write a letter direct to a minister, the civil service will treat you as a crank so what you will get as a reply will be the standard PFO letter which will start off... 'A chara, I am directed by the minister to blah blah blah ...' and you'll be fobbed off with BS. Your letter will never make it to the minister's desk. Lobbying via a Govt. T.D. guarantees you a reply signed by the relevant minister as the letter will end up on the desk of one of his/her private staff.

the_pen_turner

surely they are blocking a legal right of way.
get a tow truck to tow the vehicle.
its expensive but they wont do it again

Pkiernan

In a country where rape brings a suspended sentence, what value will knowing parking legislation bring to you?

Will you walk up to one of these idiot parkers with a legal document?

You'll need to be more hands-on. I like the bollard suggestion above.