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

Single taxi licence holders do not have enough representation there and I ask the Minister of State to consider looking into that further. They need more representation, and the groups I have met say the same. If there are 16 to 18 persons on the advisory committee, although the different interests represented are good and I welcome their input, the balance is not weighted strongly enough in favour of taxi licence holders. Overall, they deserve a little more representation. It is not enough for the Minister to say that four out of 18 are directly involved in the sector.

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