Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the possibility of amending legislation which currently blocks the use of small vehicles like the tuk-tuk or autorickshaw from being used to transport members of the public as part of scheduled routed tours. [15182/14]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I met with an interested party last week in relation to a proposal to introduce electric tuk tuk tours, aimed at the tourist market, to Dublin and the National Transport Authority (NTA) also held a meeting regarding this proposal. The NTA advised the interested party that vehicles of this nature do not meet the requirements of the Small Public Service Vehicle (SPSV) regulations in a number of respects.

I understand that the NTA is open to examining the issues around making regulations to establish a new category of SPSV licence to cater for situations where non-standard taxi, hackney, limousine services are in contemplation. The NTA has suggested that interested parties meet with the Taxi Advisory Committee who advise the NTA on such matters.