Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 October 2020
83. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if there will be a review of the changes to requirements for renewing PSV licences introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic, which are increasing the financial burden on taxi drivers. [27708/20]
View answerLicences for vehicles to be used as small public service vehicles (SPSVs) - including licences for taxi, hackney and limousine vehicles - are issued and renewed by the National Transport Authority (NTA), which is the independent regulator for the SPSV industry under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013. I am not aware of changes by the NTA in relation to these vehicle licences that would increase costs for SPSV operators; on the contrary I am aware that the NTA has taken a number of measures to support the SPSV industry during the pandemic.
The Deputy may be referring to licences for individual persons to drive an SPSV, which are issued and renewed by An Garda Síochána under section 6 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013. If this is the area of the Deputy's query, she might wish to refer it to my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality.
