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Increased Purchase Grants for Electric SPSVs in 2020

There has never been at better time to make the switch to an electric vehicle and support the transition towards greening the national SPSV fleet. A new grant scheme to support vehicle licence holders who wish to operate an electric SPSV opens on January 1 2020. Application forms for the 2020 scheme will be available...

Appeal for information regarding incident at O’Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1, on the 3rd November 2019

The Detective Unit at Store Street Garda Station, Dublin 1, are currently conducting enquiries in relation to an incident of serious nature that occurred in the areas of the Taxi Rank at Cathal Brugha Street and O’Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1, in the early hours of the Sunday the 3rd of November 2019, between 01:00hrs...

National Maximum Fare Review 2019 – Surveys

2019 Taxi Driver Survey – National Maximum Taxi Fare Review 2019 Taxi User Survey – National Maximum Taxi Fare Review

SPSV Test Centres – Weather Alert

Test Centres nationwide will be operating business as usual following an update from Met Eireann advising the orange weather warning will be valid from Thursday 3 October 18:00 until Friday 4 October 06:00.

SPSV Newsletter – Issue 45

The September edition of the SPSV Newsletter (Issue 45) is now available.   SPSV_Newsletter_Issue_45

Boxed Off Music Festival 2019 – Information for SPSVs

The organisers of the festival have advised NTA of the below. “This notice applies to all taxis and vehicles over 6 passenger seats in size. Compulsory Registration for Coach & Mini Van Parking is FREE and is to be done by email detailed below. Registration for Coach Parking is compulsory applicable for Private Hires and...

Dame Street Road Closure – Culture Night

Culture Night is taking place on Friday 20th September in Dublin City centre.  Dublin City Council have advised us that they are closing Dame Street from 7pm until 11pm which means buses and taxis will have no access to this area during this time. D’Olier street will be used as a temporary taxi rank as...

National Maximum Taxi Fare Review 2019

A National Maximum Taxi Fare Review is carried out approximately every two years by NTA to assess any changes in annual taxi operating costs and the market facing the taxi industry. Taxis and wheelchair-accessible taxis (WATs) make up 83 per cent of the total SPSV fleet. There were 17,357 taxis in the fleet at the...