A COUNTRYWIDE taxi driver organisation is to challenge the legislation under which the taxi industry is regulated.
At a meeting to be held in Dublin later this week, the newly formed Tomanai Tacsaí na hÉireann, which has over 1,000 members, will tell drivers it will bring legal action against the Minister for Transport on the grounds of failures in the Taxi Regulation Act 2003.
Taxi drivers have been expressing concerns about the policing of the industry by taxi regulator Kathleen Doyle, their loss of income due to an oversupply of taxis and the introduction of new standards for vehicles.
Lockhart, O’Leary, Maher, solicitors on behalf of the new group, wrote to Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey last month outlining drivers’ concerns but…….Read Full Article in the Irish Times
