Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Keith on March 07, 2024, 09:19:16 pm
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06/03/2024
The taxi industry should not be deregulated to allow platforms such as Uber to fully enter the market, the Taoiseach has said.
His comments mark a U-turn on previous remarks he had made about liberalising the industry.
Speaking in the Dáil last week, Leo Varadkar said: ‘I have concerns around deregulation. First, it would mean drivers are not vetted or regulated, at least by a public authority, and would mean that the vehicles involved would not be checked by a public authority.
‘We do not propose to go down that road. However, we should try to make it easier for people to provide a service, particularly at peak times when it is most needed, but that is not full deregulation. We do not propose that and I would not support it.’
https://extra.ie/2024/03/06/news/irish-news/taxi-industry-leo-varadkar
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I already posted this on another thread.
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It's not rideshare you'd need to be worried about it's the hundreds of legal taxis coming in every year as business slows down.
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It be a hack version
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It's not rideshare you'd need to be worried about it's the hundreds of legal taxis coming in every year as business slows down.
Post of the month
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Not my idea Octy as I robbed it from FDS but it's worth repeating as it's still relevant over a decade later.
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Not my idea Octy as I robbed it from FDS but it's worth repeating as it's still relevant over a decade later.
He Clever allrite ....I bet ya frankie baut a shit load of Bitcoin lol
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Not my idea Octy as I robbed it from FDS but it's worth repeating as it's still relevant over a decade later.
He Clever allrite ....I bet ya frankie baut a shit load of Bitcoin lol
he's still driving a Dacia duster, must know something we don't. 8)
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Not my idea Octy as I robbed it from FDS but it's worth repeating as it's still relevant over a decade later.
He Clever allrite ....I bet ya frankie baut a shit load of Bitcoin lol
he's still driving a Dacia duster, must know something we don't. 8)
Too bleedin rite ...wen I'm a crypto millionaires... I'm goin back to me bike .... ...an I'm not jokin lol
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I know a fella wrote to the Minister for money enquiring if you operate your private motor as a rideshare can you offset your costs against other income .IE you register as a rideshare deduct the cost of the car .Fuel ,Insurance operate at a loss on your taxi business so reclaim losses against PAYE tax paid .?
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As Gaybo might have said, there's something in this for everyone in the audience...
Leo Varadkar said:
‘(1) I have concerns around deregulation. First, it would mean drivers are not vetted or regulated, at least by a public authority, and would mean that the vehicles involved would not be checked by a public authority. We do not propose to go down that road.
(2) However, we should try to make it easier for people to provide a service, particularly at peak times when it is most needed, but that is not full deregulation.
(3) We do not propose that and I would not support it.’
This is a word salad and means nothing.
(1) Taxis were deregulated in 2000 and the newbies were actually vetted (cars and drivers). But he's not going to do that, oh no!
(2) But it should be easier for more taxis that are "not deregulated" (a.k.a. regulated taxis) to operate at peak times.
Wait a minute, I thought he wasn't gonna support more "not deregulated"/regulated taxis? But, oh no, he's not proposing that either and he won't support it either.
(3) What does he support then? He's not saying that out loud, is he?
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leo is the kite flying king.
he must have studied joseph stalin.
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leo is the kite flying king.
he must have studied joseph stalin.
I refer you to my earlier post.Rideshare would be an extra occupation .Your earning could be less than your expenditure .They cannot penalise you for not getting work so any motorist could sign up with UBER do nothing and claim their car ,Insurance and internet connection as expenses but not claim for fuel as they do nothing but are available .They would register a loss in their taxi business and look for a refund in their PAYE contributions .I explained this to Paggo and Mick from Cork .
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Felt like fookin dereg tonight, thousands of taxis, no jobs. It begins.
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Felt like fookin dereg tonight, thousands of taxis, no jobs. It begins.
It began a few weeks back..
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Mothers Day.Cheltenhan and Paddys Day .Nobody spending this weekend .Out the Airport thursday the kip was full of taxis including the garage and micky dees .Things must be slow .
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Felt like fookin dereg tonight, thousands of taxis, no jobs. It begins.
Town was swamped with cars at 2
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Slower than normal week...ye can't be making bags o sand every week John!!
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It's amazing how little Govt (even the otherwise great ex Minister for Transport) know about our trade. Most TDs seem to labour under the misapprehension that Uber relies on unlicensed cars/drivers. Uber operates across Europe using licensed vehicles. I guess where we differ from the likes of London and Spain is that we don't have a significant Private Hire (hackney) sector as a result of entry liberalisation of the taxi trade back in 1999. In any event, I guess the Taoiseach is now on the same page as the NPHTA/Uber/Bolt coalition. I guess ending the current temporary moratorium on the issue of saloon plates (maybe restricted to EVs) and removing the Kathleen Doyle entry test (at least for hackney drivers) would go a long way to satisfying all.
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I know a fella wrote to the Minister for money enquiring if you operate your private motor as a rideshare can you offset your costs against other income .IE you register as a rideshare deduct the cost of the car .Fuel ,Insurance operate at a loss on your taxi business so reclaim losses against PAYE tax paid .?
All such deductions would be proportionate to mileage i.e. you must reduce the same to accommodate for private use i.e. if you do zero taxi mileage you may claim/deduct 0%.
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Slower than normal week...ye can't be making bags o sand every week John!!
Very quiet Friday but much better last night. I'd say tonight will be reasonable for those working.
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At least Loe's comments last week allow us a birra breathing space fer a few more years before uber eventually get their Eire rideshare license.
Most on here are too stoopid to see that it is actually temporary Good News fer us !
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who knows, no one knows the future.
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It's on the way in some form
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What are the next euro millions numbers?
It would be different if we were in a boom but we aren't, not needed especially at this time.
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(http://www.quickmeme.com/img/d6/d64d9f2ccd32a6011f998506f334445a705e89e8e025933afceb25e030c03141.jpg)
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Felt like fookin dereg tonight, thousands of taxis, no jobs. It begins.
Just look at the heat map on BOLT at any expected peak period, you'll think someone threw a bucket of water on it.
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It's on the way in some form
Agreed, but at least after Leo's latest comments it is still a ways off.
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All the Dub cabbies were out in force trying to build up a war chest for Cheltenham week. Unfortunately, everyone had the same idea.
Today should see the beginning of the uptick.
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Heavy American lads in town. May need new shocks next week
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Ramadan just started which should mess with immigrants work schedule a bit. We should see a few tourists coming in early that couldn't afford to be here next week.Havent worked much in the last week myself.Very easy to lose interest when it goes dead.
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Ramadan just started which should mess with immigrants work schedule a bit. We should see a few tourists coming in early that couldn't afford to be here next week.Havent worked much in the last week myself.Very easy to lose interest when it goes dead.
When it's quiet I tend to jump at anything. Jobs I'd normally pass on. In the last week I've picked up four travellers at the darnJail Hilton, did a JWT ending up at the Carton halting site in Ballymun. I expected them to walk away then realised it was on card through FN and I was paid 50 Euro.
On Mother's Day I picked up at the same site going to Santry (Young mother and babby). I was paid €12 cash.
Last night I picked up at Greencastle Avenue in Bonnybrook, ( the large caravan in the garden should have been an omen).
A woman going to Holywell Drive in Swords. I was paid €23.60 in shrapnel.
You'd like to tar them all with the same brush...
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Before the apps I used to get all sorts in the car.Most people are sound though.Ya certainly do get less fussy when it's quiet.
I always see the pensioners picking up the addicts around town that I drive past.I don't know if they think there's more cash from them or if thier eyesight is fecked and they don't realise until it's too late.
I don't let them in anymore as they bring too much unnecessary bollox into the taxi.You'd be wrecked after listening to them for a few minutes.
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Before the apps I used to get all sorts in the car.Most people are sound though.Ya certainly do get less fussy when it's quiet.
I always see the pensioners picking up the addicts around town that I drive past.I don't know if they think there's more cash from them or if thier eyesight is fecked and they don't realise until it's too late.
I don't let them in anymore as they bring too much unnecessary bollox into the taxi.You'd be wrecked after listening to them for a few minutes.
When they were talking among themselves they spoke cant or gammon, or Shelta, so that I wouldn't understand.
Here's a sample:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nCJD1LYVLQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nCJD1LYVLQ)
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Deadly.
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Winnie is the village buke by the sounds of it.. ::fuck ::fuck ::fuck
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Heard she has a scaldy ghoul...or sumtin Marky!!
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Heard she has a scaldy ghoul...or sumtin Marky!!
" yous irish" shud be ashamed of yourselfs ....travelling women are lovely.....I had 2 travellin women in me car the other day an very nice ....paid in full an very polite......
That's more than i can say for Islamic robot cnuts ::fds
https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-male-humanoid-robot-inappropriately-touched-female-reporter-video-shows-2024-3?r=US&IR=T (https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-male-humanoid-robot-inappropriately-touched-female-reporter-video-shows-2024-3?r=US&IR=T)
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https://youtu.be/HTWhz0bvr44?si=KM0evZZJyUu-hszm
dirty cunt ....tru to form all the same.....but I won't get a knock on the door by Leo's pigs for been an islamophobic cause the cunt is a machine ....so up yur arse leo
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https://youtu.be/HTWhz0bvr44?si=KM0evZZJyUu-hszm
dirty cunt ....tru to form all the same.....but I won't get a knock on the door by Leo's pigs for been an islamophobic cause the cunt is a machine ....so up yur arse leo
Yer man standing beside the bot....."and eh....what's the problem?"