Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Therefore, it does not matter that he or she can drive the hackney in County Limerick and County Tipperary. He or she does not need to know anything about Kilfinane, Cahir, Skeheenarinky or Kilbehenny which he or she will service. The NTA is happy that he or she does not have to know the area he or she is servicing, but he or she has to know about an area almost 200 miles away. If he or she gets a fare to the post office in Bantry, good luck to him or her because it would be the equivalent of winning the lotto if one comes from Mitchelstown. It sums up the intransigence of the NTA in this regard. It is no wonder we came up with a B list hackney licence to make up the deficit. The Minister, the Department and the NTA have failed in this regard.