asked the Minister for the Environment the number of taxi licences issued in the Limerick, Galway and Dublin areas, for each month since July 1977; and the number of these licences still owned by those first taking them out.
Written Answers . - Taxi Licences .
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: I assume that the Deputy's question refers to the grant of licences in respect of small public service vehicles for operation as public hire vehicles. Details of month-to-month issues are not available to my Department, nor is the information sought in the second part of the question. With regard to the latter, the Deputy will appreciate that licences may, for example, be operated by the personal representatives of deceased persons and that details of such cases would not be available to me.