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Industry App Down for Maintenance

NTA are launching a new app called SPSV+ in the coming days. This will replace the current SPSV Industry app for driver linking. With the new app you will be able to complete driver linking and vehicle rentals in the same place. As well as this, the SPSV+ app has been updated to make it...

Industry & Consumer Research Findings: Wave 6: September/October 2022

Industry & Consumer Research Findings A confidential telephone survey of SPSV drivers nationwide and an online survey of consumers was carried out in September/October 2022. The surveys aimed to establish the current operating costs for taxi drivers in terms of their vehicle, usage of third-party booking services and the working hours, together with other topical...

Grants Update

WAV23 To date, 287 provisional grant offers have been issued as part of the WAV23 Grant Scheme. The success of these offers is conditional on the proposed WAV being licenced and the driver completing an NTA approved disability awareness training programme within 3 months of the offer date. Where offers are not taken up within...

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...