Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport when the Commission of Taxi Regulation will be incorporated into the National Transport Authority; the regularity with which he meets and is briefed by the taxi regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17884/10]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Work is currently underway to facilitate the absorption of the Commission on Taxi Regulation into the National Transport Authority by the end of the year.

I ensure that I am fully briefed on matters relating to the work of the Commission for Taxi Regulation including its proposals for the reform of the SPSV Sector, and, there is ongoing contact concerning corporate governance and policy related matters between my Department and the Commissioner's Office.

I am aware that the Commission for Taxi Regulation, is pursuing, in follow up to the package of reform measures it announced in October last, a range of other measures to further improve taxi services and that good progress is being made in consultation with taxi representative groups and with the Taxi Advisory Council to advance the implementation of the reform measures.

I am committed to ensuring that the regulatory framework for the taxi industry is one that best meets the needs of taxi users whilst providing a good standard of living to all those working in the sector. A return to previous inappropriate forms of regulation that did not best meet the needs of taxi users and the wider industry is not an option.