New Taxi Regulator Reforms

    In short here are the proposed changes reforms from the Irish Taxi Regulator........................................................................................................

# From 2010 a new Wheelchair taxi comes into effect and most likely this will insure it's too expensive to operate, so the commission will look at making all licences Wheelchair available.

# Ending transferability of licenses for all new licenses. Existing licenses can transfer just one more time subject to it being changed to a vehicle Three years or less.

#The introduction of a Fleet license for those with multiple licenses, ie renting or leasing. This licence would make the holder more accountable.

# Fast tracking the 9 year rule. Instead of coming in in 2012 it begins from 2011.

# More frequent checks on Tax clearance and PPS numbers of all drivers. The collection of a database and multi-agency sharing.

#Drivers skills development brought forward, To be completed by 1st Jan 2012.

#Compliance and Enforcement, Looking at potential approaches to greater enforcement such as making it easier to identify where drivers are licensed to operate.  

suspect a lot of cheap plates will be for sale just before these rules come into effect, That will make it impossible for old guys to sell their legitimate plates.

so that means all rented plates go back to where they were purchased, meaning Dublin. So Dublin could have 2000 new plates over night. Great deal for us.