Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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Question 418: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the old yellow hackney plate will be re-introduced to make it easier to identify hackneys at night time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16335/11]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The regulation of the taxi industry, including rules pertaining to identification, is a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA) under the Public Transport Regulation Act, 2009. In relation to hackneys specifically, I would advise the Deputy that, unlike taxis, hackneys must be pre-booked and may not be hailed on the street or stand for hire at a taxi rank. The question of taxi and hackney identification is one of a range of matters that the new taxi review group I announced earlier this month will be examining.