Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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Question 71: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans he has to introduce a requirement for taxi licence holders to have an acceptable knowledge of the roads of an area in which they are licensed to operate. [1584/12]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The regulation of the taxi industry, including arrangements for the sitting of the taxi suitability and area knowledge tests that operators have to undergo, are a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA) under the Taxi Regulation Act, 2003.

As part of the Taxi Regulation Review the matter of standards for taxi drivers including area knowledge has been considered by the Review Group among a range of issue concerning SPSV Regulation. I hope to announce the outcome of the Review Report shortly.