Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for a company (details supplied) prohibiting hackney drivers who are small public service vehicle licence holders from accessing and operating on its platform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50374/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) sector is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA), under the provisions of the Consolidated Taxi Regulation Acts 2013 and 2016. I have no role in the day-to-day operations of the SPSV sector.

Uber is a transport service company which offers the carriage of passengers for reward and is subject to the same regulations as all SPSVs in Ireland. Uber is licensed by the NTA to operate in Ireland as a dispatch operator. An SPSV dispatch operator is an individual or organisation that provides a service for taking bookings for SPSV services that are delivered by someone else, or who provides a service that enables intending passengers to arrange the hire of an SPSV themselves.

Neither my Department nor the NTA have a role regarding who may access and operate on the Uber platform as this is a business decision for Uber.