All of those riding the bikes were male, with the majority under the age of 25.

Darragh O’Brien is now proposing new regulations for a total ban on scrambler use in public spaces.

Pressure has been growing on the government to introduce tighter regulations for the vehicles following the death of 16-year-old Grace Lynch last month.

It comes after the Government promised renewed efforts to remove scramblers from the roads following the death of 16-year-old Grace Lynch in Finglas, Dublin last month.

Her mother Siobhan said Grace was ‘loved by so many people’ and ‘only starting her life’.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the Government would look to introduce restrictions on e-scooters as well as scramblers.

Grace Lynch died after being hit by a scrambler motorbike as she used a pedestrian crossing on Ratoath Road in Dublin 11, on Sunday afternoon.

Micheal Martin extended his ‘deepest sympathies’ to the family of teenager Grace Lynch following her death in a crash.

The vehicles should not be permitted in any public place or road, the minister for road safety said.

A man aged in his late teens is to appear in court over the crash in which a teenage girl died