Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 82: To ask the Minister for Transport when the office of the Taxi Regulator was transferred to the National Transport Authority, NTA; if the resources and funds of the office have also been transferred and will be at the disposal of the NTA; the way the office will now operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2266/11]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Under Statutory Instrument 614 of 2010, the Commission for Taxi Regulation (CTR) was dissolved at the request of the National Transport Authority (NTA) on I January 2011. From that date the CTR was subsumed into the NTA along with its staff and functions. The Commission's permanent staffing complement of twenty-three has transferred to the National Transport Authority but will remain at their Headquarters in 35 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2. Fees in respect of the licensing of small public service vehicles, drivers and dispatch operators accrue to the Authority under Section 50 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 following the dissolution of the Commission for Taxi Regulation.

Discussions took place over a long period between the National Transport Authority and the former Commission on Taxi Regulation on the details of the assimilation process such as the integration of financial and Information Technology processes. This was vital to ensure an effective transition to the new institutional arrangements. With effect from 1st January, the National Transport Authority will 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.