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The May edition of the SPSV Industry Update (Issue 52) is now available.
Click below to view the May edition of the SPSV Industry Update.
Approved – Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure COVID-19) Regulations 2021
Approved – Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure COVID-19) Regulations 2021 Following public consultation, the NTA Board approved the signing of the Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure COVID-19) Regulations 2021 today. In the context of COVID-19 and the associated extraordinary economic circumstances being experienced by the industry, these emergency regulations facilitate the licensing of...
Resumption of SPSV Driver Entry Testing
NTA’s SPSV Driver Entry Test Programme has resumed following latest public health advices. Since NTA stopped providing the SPSV Driver Entry Testing Programme following COVID-19 public health restrictions, we have prepared extensively with our service provider, Applus, to ensure that testing could resume in a manner that was safe for both candidates and employees...
Taxis and hackneys continue to be widely available in all parts of the country and are very often the best way of getting from one place to another.
“Taxis and hackneys continue to be widely available in all parts of the country and are very often the best way of getting from one place to another.” NTA Press Release advises off peak travel: https://www.nationaltransport.ie/travel-off-peak-where-possible-nta-advises-customers/
Suicide Prevention Skills Training
Through the invaluable information and personal experience made available by the Advisory Committee on Small Public Service Vehicles (SPSV), NTA is aware that a number of SPSV operators have, in the course of their work, met members of the public who were contemplating suicide. Given the importance and potentially life-altering impact of such meetings, NTA...
Public Consultation on Draft Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure COVID-19) Regulations
Submissions can be made on the Public Consultation on the Draft Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure COVID-19) Regulations by clicking here.
Fáilte Ireland launches Strategic Tourism Transport Business Continuity Scheme
An allocation of €55million was secured by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin T.D., in Budget 2021 for a programme of funding aimed at supporting strategic tourism businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic and driving recovery thereafter. As part of this programme, Fáilte Ireland has today launched the Strategic Tourism Transport Business Continuity Scheme, which is aimed at...
Useful Information for the SPSV Industry regarding Fees
To assist the SPSV industry as it endeavours to withstand the ongoing challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minister for Transport announced a waiver of ‘standard’ vehicle licence renewal fees during 2021, in his budget speech last October. NTA commenced a public consultation immediately afterwards to enact the emergency regulation needed to give effect...
Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Grant Scheme 2021
NTA is pleased to announce that we will be running the Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Grant Scheme again this year to support the wider availability of Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (WAVs) in Ireland’s small public service vehicle fleet. The WAV21 – Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Grant Scheme offers financial aid of up to €7,500 nationwide for the purchase...