Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if assistance will be provided for taxi drivers in renewing their PSV licences in 2021 due to many facing a large decrease in their income caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40053/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I am pleased to advise the Deputy that standard SPSV licence renewal fees, which were waived in 2021, will be waived again in 2022. Furthermore, in recognition of the fact that many SPSV drivers have not worked since the start of the pandemic, the NTA, the statutory regulator for the SPSV industry, has doubled the period to 24 months that an SPSV licence may rest in inactive status after expiry. This measure will facilitate drivers returning to the sector as society and the economy reopen and passenger demand for taxi services returns.