Taxis in Dublin city centre. Image: Wanderley Massafelli/RollingNews.ie THE NATIONAL TRANSPORT Authority has said that just over 3,000 taxi licences are currently inactive as it tries to encourage more drivers to return to the industry.
“A large percentage would be active. We would have done some surveys back in July and August… and a large proportion of them are now returning,” she said. “What we’ve seen is that yes, demand for travel has increased, but the numbers returning to the industry is still about 10% less than pre-Covid, and what we’re trying to do is encourage as many of the inactive licences as well as those that would have possibly lost their licence associated with the vehicle age next year, and retain as many of them into the industry as possible.”“That has shown that people are returning to the industry.
Drivers recently told The Journal that they were avoiding peak periods of demand or leaving the job altogether because they were concerned for their safety in “violent” cities at night. Ahead of the Christmas period, Graham said that the NTA is “making every effort” to increase the amount of public transport available, but added that the NTA is also experiencing a shortage of bus drivers.
Made a total mess of it from the start. The good drivers who were out there are not going to invest €30,000 or €40,000, how are they going to make it back, the business isn’t there.
You forgot to tweet your article about the foreign rapist in Fermoy. You remembered to tweet the thing about puffins in Canada and some scuffle in Iran but not our new friend in Cork... Strange.