Vol. 510 No. 6
304 Ms Clune asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the plans, if any, he has to change the regulations in relation to the allocation of taxi licences in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23522/99]
The Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations 1963 to 1999, devolve all significant decisions relating to the licensing of taxis, wheelchair accessible taxis and hackneys to local authorities. Under these arrangements, a local authority may, as a reserved function, declare an area to be a taximeter area, may determine the number of taxi licences to be granted in respect of that area and may also determine that hackney licences shall not be granted in its functional area. The grant of taxi licences and-or wheelchair accessible taxi licences arises in taximeter areas only.
