Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to put a question to the NTA officials. Deputy O'Connor spoke earlier. Several of us went to a meeting with taxi drivers that was organised by the three main groups. They have issues with the fact that they have missed out on several supports. Their main request is Government support to deal with the ten-year rule and its regulation. One issue that came up in the meeting was the scrappage scheme for a taxi driver who is going electric. The contention of the groups was that it was not fit for purpose. The contention is also that in large parts of Dublin and especially outside Dublin we do not have the infrastructure to facilitate electric cars, especially an increased number of electric cars. That infrastructure would be vital for taxi drivers. Has there been much interest in the scheme? I know that it is applied by the NTA. Do the officials have a view on it? Is Ms Graham free to give that view?