Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to increasing the age allowed for cars being used for hackney service given that it is causing extra costs to drivers to replace their cars while their business is considerably reduced due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45180/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Vehicle age limits for small public service vehicles (SPSVs) are a matter for the statutory regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA).

The Deputy may be aware that, at the start of the pandemic, the NTA extended age limits for vehicles until the end of 2020. On 18th December, following public consultation, the NTA Board agreed to extend the age limits further to the end of 2021.