Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to return to the issue of transferability. It has been a major issue for the industry. The taxi review group indicated that it would not happen, but there appears to have been a change of mind. Will the witness indicate how he thinks that could work? With regard to the taxi review group that drafted the document, the big disappointment from the taxi drivers' point of view was that the ordinary taxi driver was not represented on the group. Others were represented on it, but the individual taxi driver did not seem to get much of a say. The issue here is that the vetting procedure was not properly examined and recommendations were not given in that regard. People are talking about it. In Spain one must be a citizen to become a taxi driver. In other countries, one must be resident for three to five years. That should have been examined. As one of my colleagues mentioned, we should be talking to the Garda as well as the Department about the vetting procedure. It is a big issue for everybody. Will the witness elaborate on the issue of transferability?