David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 422: To ask the Minister for Transport if a compensation scheme has been established for taxi drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22668/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The courts have clarified on a number of occasions since 1992 that there can be no legal duty on the State to compensate taxi licence holders in relation to open market licence values. In these circumstances, a compensation scheme has not been established for taxi drivers and there are no proposals to introduce such a scheme.

A large number of individual claims for damages or compensation for financial loss arising from the introduction of the new taxi licensing regime in November 2000 have yet to come before the courts.