Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

A few months ago, the taxi regulator, Ms Kathleen Doyle, told us that the new standards protocol for the taxi industry would operate from January 2009. Is funding being provided for that and will it happen? Given that we now have well over 26,000 taxis, which is substantially more than the greater London area with a population three or four times that of the Republic, does the Minister consider this matter a priority? Is the Minister still opposed to any moratorium or cap on issuing licences, despite recent discussions at the Joint Committee on Transport?

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