One Senator called for bikes to be taken off people who did not have high-vis or helmets, and it prompted Fianna Fils leader in the Seanad to call for mandatory high-vis and helmets for cyclists.Senator Paraic Brady, who is Fine Gaels Seanad spokesperson on agriculture and food, said: Going home yesterday evening through our capital, it was mind-boggling to see how many people were on bikes, but also how many were on bikes without lights, dressed in black with no hi-vis, etc.He said: I encountered at least three people who could have been in an accident with me. They were cycling on the wrong side of the road, facing traffic, and with no hi-vis or lights on them.He was speaking on Thursday, October 1st during the Order of Business session in the Seanad.It is no great wonder that so many people are knocked off bikes when this is going on in the capital. There has to be some law whereby if you go out in the pitch of night, you must have a light or a hi-vis vest. If people are found without them, the bikes should at least be lifted off people them and some fine issued, added Senator Brady.The law already requires bicycles to have a front and rear light on during lighting-up time, which starts half an hour after sunset and ends half an hour before sunrise. Only around 200-300 fines are issued a year for the offence of not having lights on in those hours.In summing up members contributions during the order of business, Senator Fiona OLoughlin, Fianna Fils leader in the Seanad and a member of the administrative panel, called for cyclists to be required by law to wear high-vis clothing and helmets.Senator OLoughlin said: Senator [Brady] also spoke about the cyclists who traverse the roads without lights, high-vis clothing and helmets. I think that sometimes at the cusp of autumn and going into dark nights that some cyclists forget that it will get dark quickly.I echo the Senators call for it to be mandatory for cyclists to have these items. I believe that cyclists should be stopped, if they can be, if they do not have safety equipment and gear because it will keep them safe and keep everyone else safe, said she added.