Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That brings me on to my next question and the very point of local authorities. Everywhere, be it Ennis or Limerick city, where our Chairman is from, we have cycleways and new paving schemes being brought into towns. The taxi rank was always on the main thoroughfare, the square or the main street. At 12.30 a.m. or 1 a.m. you knew exactly where to get your taxi to get safely home. It is harder to find a rank now when you are out. They are up a side street or at a different rank. Are local authorities squeezing taxis out by the way they provide ranks?

We always hear about integrated travel. At the railway stations now you come out and Dublinbikes is here and the Luas is operating there, but the taxi system now has to weave its way into the station and back out. To me, it seems very cumbersome. I came through the station at 2.10 p.m. today and it seems all transport forms are very well catered for, but I feel that taxis used to be easier to get at the station, and that is just Heuston Station. Are local authorities, Irish Rail and other Government bodies making it difficult for taxis to operate at ranks?