Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is correct. Some 96% of the people cited in the Goodbody report said they found deregulation had benefited them. On incomes, it was found that incomes were lower than the average industrial wage but higher than the minimum wage. On safety, there was no dimension because that is regulated by the insurance industry and the per kilometre charge for driving a taxi is the same as for any other vehicle for insurance purposes.

So many of the things that have been said would not stand up if people had read the Goodbody report or had read Professor Paul Gorecki. I have to say to the House that a picture has been invented which is not confirmed by the Goodbody report, which thoroughly investigated the sector. People in the other House or people in the courts, when this goes to the courts, will have to decide on that, but much evidence was not called upon in the preparation of this Bill. The neglect of the Goodbody report is particularly serious because all of those points were dealt with, although they were ignored in the way the Bill has been put through the House.