Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response. What would give the taxi drivers a greater degree of comfort and assurance is if the Minister of State can spell out how there will be proper enforcement. I take the point that the Minister of State is providing for this in secondary legislation and that the regulation is in place. However, the taxi drivers feel there is a long history of failed regulation and that, even now, the situation is unacceptable. I was talking to a taxi driver yesterday who mentioned the new app that allows people to identify whether a driver is properly registered. He is a representative for one of the taxi groups and on a regular basis he uses the app and finds three or four people who are not properly registered and licensed in the space of an hour or two on any given day. Is there anything the Minister of State can say to give greater assurance to taxi drivers that this is really going to happen?

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