Vol. 514 No. 4
160 Mr. Ardagh asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the grants or assistance, if any, available to taxi or hackney operators to install global positioning systems equipment to provide a better service, with particular reference to the Dublin area. [4445/00]
While the organisation and marketing of taxi and hackney services are in principle matters for the industry itself, I have indicated to taxi representative groups that my Department would consider giving support to the carrying out of an integrated study on desirable improvements in the quality of taxi service operations. Such a study could include the feasibility of using global positioning systems.
