Parking charges in Dublin are increasing.
Fees across the city are going up by an average of ten per cent, while a 10 cent reduction is available to drivers using a parking tag.
Yellow zone parking, which is in the heart of the city centre and at the highest rate, will move from €3.20 per hour to €3.50.
The changes come in to force from February 1st.
Dublin City Council says the aim of the increase is to deter people from long-term parking in the city, and to encourage alternative transport methods other than a car.
"Sensible Parking"
The council says it was agreed at its January 2020 meeting that a public consultation process would take place in relation to the proposed amendment to the Dublin City Council Parking Control Bye-Laws 2019.
People were invited to make submissions in relation to the proposed increase in parking charges.
The council says, having considered the submissions, it was agreed at the Council meeting held on 6th December 2021 that the proposed changes to the parking charges would be introduced from the 1st February, 2022.
Dermot Stevenson, Parking Enforcement Officer, says: "The hourly parking charges are being increased to ensure that there is a suitable deterrent to long stay parking in the city and to encourage a high turnover of users of these parking spaces.
"We also want to encourage sensible parking in the city as well as asking motorists to consider alternative transport methods other than the private car."
