Lobbying Reform
Dail Éireann — 2022-07-13
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Colm Brophy (FG), Dublin South-West

To make it absolutely clear, I am answering as a Minister of State on behalf of the Minister for Transport. Ireland's SPSV regulatory framework requires that all drivers and vehicles be licensed as a means of protecting the consumer and helping to ensure public safety. Furthermore, no special regulations have been developed to govern the carriage of passengers by passenger cars that are not SPSVs. Therefore, the classic model where anyone with a car and the relevant app may provide taxi services does not exist here. The Minister for Transport believes that the protection of the consumer and personal safety are vital objectives and must continue to be central to how the SPSV industry is regulated and operated.

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Sitting date: 2022-07-13