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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Are they allowed to let other people use the car? How does that work?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Is that not possible anymore?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: The insurance industry is also involved.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: And meetings such as this having to happen. If we had a two-way street to get things over the line we would not be having this meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: The relationship of the witnesses is with the NTA and not the Minister or the Department.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: There is no official in the Department dealing with taxis.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I get that point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: We have it in aviation with the Irish Aviation Authority dealing with regulation and not the Minister directly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: That is the point that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: With the Minister and departmental staff and not the NTA.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: There are an awful lot of issues. I am sure the witnesses sent in their statements separately but there is an amount of overlap with the same issues, whether on the age of vehicles or the transfer of licences. One group mentioned Uber more than the others and one mentioned illegals more than everybody else but the statements are very similar.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: How prevalent is it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Will Mr. Cooley explain what he means by that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Not since 2016?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: In that particular regard Mr. Cooley was happy with the approach of the NTA.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Forgive my lack of knowledge of this particular issue. Throughout Europe does everywhere have Uber? I am only asking the question. I do not know.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Mr. Cooley is saying Uber spent €80 million to €90 million-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: What did it spend it on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Uber is here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Gerry Horkan: It would not be legal for the witnesses to do this.