Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 April 2014
689. Deputy Dara Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to hire additional enforcement officers in respect of the new taxi regulations announced last week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17438/14]
View answerThe regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry, including enforcement, is the responsibility of the National Transport Authority (NTA) under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013, which was commenced with effect from 6th April 2014. The NTA carries out enforcement activities nationally in conjunction with An Garda Síochána, whose members are also authorised persons for the purposes of enforcement of the regulations governing SPSV services.
As a result of new powers under Section 40 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013, for the NTA to enter into agreements with service providers to carry out enforcement functions, 15 additional Compliance Support Officers are in place to enforce the new SPSV regulations introduced by the NTA with effect from 7th April 2014.
