Dáil debates
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Taxi Licences
5:00 pm
Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
I thank the Deputy for his comments. There are specific issues with regard to rural Ireland. The issues that relate to the taxi and hackney industry in Dublin, Cork, Limerick or Waterford do not relate to the area from which I come, where there are no taxis. This issue is completely different. It is about creating a service that will work in both urban and rural areas and in order to do that we must look at the whole licensing process. We are doing that.
daithi Ó Raghallaigh
Posted on 3 Oct 2011 8:35 pm (Report this comment)
I am a Taxi driver in rural Ireland 22klm from Waterford City. I get no work from Monday to Friday, My work is simply weekends. There is a sizable portion of rural Ireland that would not pay for a Taxi. My customers are mainly under 40 years old. As I drive by bars I see car parked outside. Come 12.30am the cars have gone. Elderly gents and mostly Farmers would not pay for a Taxi if you gave it to them for a Euro.