Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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Question 56: To ask the Minister for Transport the date on which the office of the Taxi Regulator will be transferred to the National Transport Authority; the number of staff and the location in which they will be accommodated in the future; the future roll of the regulator under the auspices of the NTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42730/10]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 provides for the dissolution of the Commission for Taxi Regulation and the transfer of staff and functions of the Commission to the National Transport Authority. I propose to make an order under section 31 of the Act towards the end of this year to give effect to such transfer. The Commission's permanent staffing complement of twenty-three will transfer to the National Transport Authority but will remain at their Headquarters in 35 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2.

With effect from the dissolution date, the National Transport Authority shall carry out the principal functions of the Commission as set out in Section 9 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2003, namely the development and maintenance of a regulatory framework for the control and operation of small public service vehicles and their drivers.