Mr. James Maguire:

I have one. The vehicle is good. I have a charger at home and in the airport. Fair play to ESB, which is putting chargers all around the place. It costs me around €45 to run it, between the house and other chargers. The problem is that if I looked for an electric vehicle now, it could take until next April or May to get it. If one applies for a grant that runs out, and then the licence runs out, one would be in serious trouble. One would then have to reinvest in another vehicle. The NTA could extend that licence because it knows that the person has the vehicle and everything would be rosy in the garden. There is too much bureaucracy. The NTA does not have people who know about the taxi business. It is as simple as that. I hate to criticise the authority like that, but when I see the mistakes it makes, there does not seem to be anyone in it from a transport background. It is the same as what happened with Aer Lingus. It had a CEO who did not know about it and there was chaos. The taxi business is heading towards chaos. If we do not get the number of years for a car extended from nine years to 15, there will be chaos in the town. Is the NTA going to run and hide or is it accountable? It should be accountable to its peers in the Oireachtas.