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Confidential Customer Service Number (CCSN) – Required for Calls
NTA introduced a confidential customer service number called a ‘CCSN’ in 2020, which is now your unique identifier as a licence holder. When contacting the SPSV Information Line please have your CCSN ready, as NTA cannot proceed with calls unless your CCSN has been confirmed. Callers to the SPSV Information Line that are unable to...
eSPSV23 Grant Scheme
eSPSV23 Grant Scheme The Department of Transport has now confirmed that the eSPSV23 Grant Scheme will open on 27 February. €15 million has been allocated for grants this year via the eSPSV23 Grant Scheme, to enable owners of small public service vehicles, such as taxis, hackneys and limousines, to buy electric vehicles. The scheme is...
The February edition of the SPSV Industry Update (Issue 59) is now available
Click below to view the February edition of the SPSV Industry Update.
Suitability Inspection Requirement: Vehicle Ownership
Suitability Inspection Requirement: Vehicle Ownership Regulations 13, 14 and 16 of the Taxi Regulation (Small Public Service Vehicle) Regulations 2015 require that either evidence of vehicle ownership or evidence of legal entitlement to use of the vehicle for a period of not less than 12 months is provided to NTA for licensing. Licence holders must...
Local Area Hackney – New Application – Monivea and Abbeyknockmoy, Co. Galway
The Local Area Hackney (LAH) is a private hire category of SPSV that was created following the Taxi Regulation Review in 2012. The purpose of the LAH is to offer a SPSV service in a rural community where existing transport services do not serve the needs of the community. The LAH can meet the demand...
eSPSV23 Grant Scheme
eSPSV23 Grant Scheme The Department of Transport has confirmed that the hugely successful eSPSV grant scheme will open for eSPSV23 in the coming weeks. The scheme terms & conditions are set by the Department of Transport who also provide the funding which is then administered by NTA. Current taxi, hackney and limousine licence holders may...
Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Grant Scheme 2023 – oversubscribed
NTA have had a remarkable response since the WAV23 Scheme opened on January 1. As a result, all allocated funding has now been provisionally offered. New applications are being placed on a waitlist. Should more funding become available, we will contact the parties on the waitlist in relation to their application. We cannot provide an...
Local Hackney Pilot Launched
The National Transport Authority (NTA), has launched a one year pilot programme for a special, limited Local Hackney service in a number of rural locations across Ireland. This is a grant aided programme, which aims to assist in the provision of rural transport by providing part-time local hackney services to communities in designated rural areas,...
Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Grant Scheme 2023 (WAV23)
WAV Grant Scheme 2023 To support the wider availability of wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAVs) in Ireland’s small public service vehicle fleet, NTA is pleased to announce that the WAV Grant Scheme will run again in 2023 with increased grant funding available this year. The scheme launches on 1 January 2023. The WAV Grant Scheme (WAV23)...