Mr. Jim Waldron:

When a car is ready to be licensed, it can take up to three weeks for it to be licensed by the NTA. Apart from the problems with trying for hours to get through to them on the phone, the car has to go through the technical department, the registration has to be submitted and then they approve the car for the grant. The taxi driver has to have scrapped his or her car to qualify for the grant, which means he or she could be out of work for three weeks while waiting for the car to be licensed.