Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There have been a significant amount of extra costs in the taxi sector. There is a charge of €135 for an internal examination, a €50 charge for the NCT test and €500 to €600 for radios, etc. There is also a signage charge of approximately €60. There is a fund that was handed over to the NTA. Some of it goes on administration, but there should be some way of offsetting all of these extra costs. The industry should not be carrying all of these costs and possibly more to come.

While the Minister of State states that it is the NTA that is responsible here, he has enough influence to say that these funds should be spent to alleviate some of the costs. That is why I will press the amendment.

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