Mr. Des Dempsey:

My experience, which will amount to 40 years next year, is that when the taxi regulator came in, it was a separate entity to the transport, in under the umbrella. Then they all came in under the NTA. Taxi drivers have little or no say or discussion with them. They will not recognise us, as far as I can see. We should be sitting at a table and discussing our issues.

It is a one-way street and we will never get any dialogue unless we have a two-way street. They need to sit down to talk.