Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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470. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in the Dublin Garda carriage office working on the processing of taxi licences and licence renewals, respectively; and the number of licences being submitted and processed on a weekly basis. [6807/14]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that there is one (1) Sergeant and three (3) civilian personnel involved in the processing of taxi licences and renewals in the Carriage Office.

The number of applications submitted and processed weekly varies considerably due to the fact that, following deregulation in 2000, licences are now issued for a five year period. Over the last four years there was an average of 73 applications processed per week and approximately 300 applications have been processed so far in 2014.