Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reopen the sale window for taxi licences, as the taxi authority was only informed about the fact that licences are no longer transferable, from 6 April, on 1 April giving taxi drivers no opportunity to organise a sale in advance of this deadline which has caused enormous hardship to those who were planning to exit the market. [20415/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the regulation of the taxi industry under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Act, 2013. The Taxi Regulation Review Group that produced the Taxi Regulation Review Report, 2011, included representatives of the taxi industry and the taxi authority, the NTA, and its recommendations were widely publicised to the industry, including through the NTA's website and industry updates. Originally, it was intended that the measure would be introduced with effect from 1st January 2013 by way of regulations to be made by the NTA. However, it was concluded that it would be more appropriate to include such a provision in primary legislation as part of the Taxi Regulation Act, 2013, that was enacted on 23rd October 2013. Consequently the industry has had an 18 month period longer than envisaged under the Taxi Regulation Review Report under which transfers have been allowed to take place.