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

The new rural hackneys are set to be introduced during certain hours. Is there a danger that these will be used to take out some of these companies and be used for transporting people? I am not clear what the Minister has said in regard to this. Is he saying that these new hackneys will be used at certain hours of the night, or is there a danger that they could replace some of the existing companies that transport people, including disabled people? Many of these hackney vehicles would not be wheelchair-accessible and those operating them would have considerably less cost than some of the rural transport companies concerned. Is that a possibility?