To: Fingal County Council
Ban parking tickets for parents dropping / collecting kids from school.
Parents collecting children from schools in Malahide are being targeted in the last week by Fingal CoCo parking stewards.
There should be specific times of the day (drop off 8:15 - 9, first collection 1 - 3pm to cover both 1:30 and 2:30 pick up times.
The schools are huge, in small village settings. This action by Fingal County Council penalises families that have their children in local schools.
A steward today ticketed a car with the driver in the driving seat. The 10-15 minute grace period itself is being ignored.
It is anti- community.
There should be specific times of the day (drop off 8:15 - 9, first collection 1 - 3pm to cover both 1:30 and 2:30 pick up times.
The schools are huge, in small village settings. This action by Fingal County Council penalises families that have their children in local schools.
A steward today ticketed a car with the driver in the driving seat. The 10-15 minute grace period itself is being ignored.
It is anti- community.
Why is this important?
Families with kids in school who can be there to collect their children should be encouraged. Most households have 2 working parents. In the event that one can be there to collect and spend extra time with their child in a given day, that should be encouraged, not penalised. The amount of stress created for children waiting for parents who are desperately looking for parking spaces is completely avoidable. These kinds of actions create unnecessary stress and anger. Common sense has to prevail.
