Justin Kelly said the vehicles are being used to facilitate drug dealing and there is ‘so much bad behaviour with them’.

Daniel Hayes (30) who stabbed a 14-year-old’s hand with a shard of glass as he was trying to rob an e-scooter from the child has been jailed for three and half year

It relates to an incident with an e-scooter in Ballymena.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) have released an ad warning of the dangers of e-scooters.

The region is at risk of falling behind in terms of sustainable transport, a charity has warned.