Commission for Taxi Regulation

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The Commission for Taxi Regulation (also An Coimisiún Um Rialáil Tacsaithe and Taxi Regulator) was a public body in Ireland that existed between 2004 and 2011 regulating small public service vehicles (SPSVs) - the generic term for taxis, wheelchair accessible taxis, hackneys and limousines.[1]

Taxis and wheelchair-accessible taxis are allowed to pick up passengers in the street or at a stand and have their fares calculated by a meter; hackneys and limousines do not use meters and are not permitted to pick up passengers in the street or at a stand.[2]

The Commission set a single maximum fare structure for taxis for all places in the Republic of Ireland,[3] although drivers are allowed to offer discounts and customers are permitted to give tips to drivers.[4]

Kathleen Doyle was appointed the Commissioner for Taxi Regulation in 2007.[5]

The first Commissioner, , was appointed in 2004. He had previously been Assistant County Manager at Carlow County Council. In 2007, he left the Commission and was appointed as director of the .[6]

Prior to the creation of the Commission, taxi licence fees were paid to local authorities, but were paid to the Commission while it existed.[7]

The Commission had been criticised for issuing more taxi licences than some drivers consider appropriate.[8]

Its commissioner has appeared before a joint committee of the Oireachtas (parliament) of Ireland to discuss the work of the Commission.[9]

The Commission was dissolved when Part 4 of the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 came into force on 1 January 2011. Its functions have been transferred to the National Transport Authority.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Taxi Regulator Archived 2009-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2009-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2009-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2009-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Labanyi, David (September 26, 2007). "Taxi commission to take over licensing role". Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  6. ^ "National taxi regulator is appointed". RTÉ News. 2004-07-26. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  7. ^ McCárthaigh, Seán (2003-11-18). "Councils to lose funding over taxi regulator". Irish Examiner.
  8. ^ Taylor, Charlie (2008-06-25). "Taxi protests likely to spread - union". ireland.com. Dublin. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  9. ^ Oireachtas – Parliamentary Debates (Official Report - Unrevised) Joint Committee on Economic Regulatory Affairs. Tuesday, 4 March 2008. Discussion with Commission for Taxi Regulation.
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-04-02. Retrieved 2011-04-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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