An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-03-28
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

As the Taoiseach will be aware, there is quite a considerable shortage of taxis at present. One of the demands that the representative taxi groups have made is that taxi plate owners who are no longer using their taxi plates would be allowed to sell them to others, sometimes family members, who want to become taxi drivers. Otherwise, people can only get plates if they can afford expensive disability-accessible taxis which cost €65,000. That is way in excess of what huge numbers can afford. There are a lot of plates out there that are not being used but if they could be sold or transferred, we could increase taxi numbers.

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