From 1 January 2023 the prescribed amounts for Fixed Payment Offences have increased as a result of the Small Public Service Vehicle (Fixed Payment Offences and Driver Licence Period) Regulations.
In addition to these changes, a new Fixed Payment Offence has been introduced for the refusal of a driver of a SPSV to carry a passenger in a wheelchair. The amount for this is €250, reflecting the gravity and nature of the offence.
Fixed Payment Notice offence | Penalty | FPNs issued |
Failure to display required in-vehicle information | €40 | 1 |
Standing at appointed stand while vehicle not available for hire | €40 | 2 |
Standing for hire at a place other than an appointed stand | €40 | 1 |
Failure to print and offer a receipt in the prescribed form to a passenger upon completion of a journey in a taxi | €40 | 4 |
Failure to make available a receipt in the prescribed form to a passenger upon completion of a journey in a hackney or limousine | €40 | 3 |
Failure to comply with taxi roof sign requirements | €40 | 10 |
Failure to notify details of small public service vehicle being operated | €40 | 9 |
Failure to operate taximeter while taxi on hire | €60 | 2 |
Failure to comply with the requirements in relation to the fitting and operation of a taximeter | €60 | 4 |
Failure to display required driver identification | €60 | 2 |
Failure to comply with vehicle standards applicable to licensing category | €60 | 3 |
Failure to carry a functioning cashless payment device | €200 | 3 |
Failure to accept cashless payment | €200 | 4 |
Unreasonable refusal to carry a passenger where the journey is not more than 30 kilometres. | €80 | 11 |
Failure to have prescribed signage affixed to the front doors of a taxi or wheelchair accessible taxi | €250 | 1 |
TOTAL | 60 |