To mask or not to mask

[john m]

This is a screenshot of the NTA homepage as viewed on a mobile phone.  Guess which button you choose for taxis?  (Hint: small Public Service Vehicles  )

So just because you call a Fat girl Fat dosent mean she is fat .taxies are NOT PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES .and feel free to contact the Patron Saint of Taximen Mr Boyd Barrett and ask him to confirm it with the Minister for Motoring on your behalf .

[Theoneandonly]

Look at the Statutory Instrument it says exactly what I said it would say .Taxies are only public service vehicles in one country in the world Egypt .Now fuck off you are making a fool of yourself .

It says nothing about Egypt

[watty]

I don't need to.  Every Govt official/Dept I've ever dealt with has called my vehicle a PSV or a sPSV.  That's the official lingo.

BTW, which button did you decide to press on the screenshot?

[john m]

I don't need to.  Every Govt official/Dept I've ever dealt with has called my vehicle a PSV or a sPSV.  That's the official lingo.

BTW, which button did you decide to press on the screenshot?

I have aske any of you to prove we are Public Service Vehicles so go ahead contact the Minister and shut me up .

[watty]

Why would we contact the Minister?

(Govt website) http://www.pointofsinglecontact.ie/browse-by-sector/transport/taxi-driver.html

Taxi Driver
The following is for general information purposes only. All further queries regarding this information should be directed to the competent authority listed below.

Competent Authority
The National Transport Authority has responsibility for regulating the SPSV (small public service vehicle) sector in accordance with the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Act, 2013. In relation to the SPSV sector, the objectives of the National Transport Authority are to ensure the provision and maintenance of high-quality services and standards, and fair competition in the delivery of SPSV services in Ireland.

SPSV stands for ‘small public service vehicle’, which includes taxis, wheelchair accessible taxis, hackneys, wheelchair accessible hackneys and limousines. Any such vehicle must be associated with a valid SPSV licence. In addition, the driver of an SPSV must have a valid SPSV driver licence.

To achieve its objective of promoting a high quality SPSV service, the National Transport Authority has been given powers, under the Taxi Regulation Act 2013, to make and enforce regulations in relation to the licensing, control and operation of:

SPSV drivers;
SPSVs (vehicles); and
SPSV dispatch operators.
People working in the SPSV industry must also comply with a wider range of regulations that apply to them as road users and as business service providers. These regulations are enforced by a range of statutory bodies, including:

  An Garda Síochána;
 The Road Safety Authority;
 Local authorities;
 The Health Service Executive;
 The Revenue Commissioners;
 The Department of Social Protection;
 The Health & Safety Authority;
 The Competition Authority.

P.S. did you decide yet which button to press on the NTA page to get taxi info?  (hint: small Public Service Vehicle)

[john m]

This site contains some that are educated some that are intelligent a few that are both then the there are the others .You know the sort they think the weather forcast is scientific research .


A CHALLENGE TO SOME OF THE KNOWALLS ON HERE GET CONFORMATION FROM THE MINISTER THAT TAXIES ARE PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES .

[Theoneandonly]

This site contains some that are educated some that are intelligent a few that are both then the there are the others .You know the sort they think the weather forcast is scientific research .


A CHALLENGE TO SOME OF THE KNOWALLS ON HERE GET CONFORMATION FROM THE MINISTER THAT TAXIES ARE PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES .

Unlike you John we're not stupid enough to have to ask anybody is a small public service vehicle a public service vehicle
It's a bit like asking is the pope a catholic

[john m]

You wont ask because you will be handed your own arse by the answer .I seen a Junkie falling down the street earlier wearing an Irish Tracksuit and Adidas Runners I said to our kid hey look at the athlete he must be because he looks like one she told me I was a fucking idiot .Just like the idiots who think we are Public service vehicles .Everything is not like it looks .

[Theoneandonly]

You wont ask because you will be handed your own arse by the answer .I seen a Junkie falling down the street earlier wearing an Irish Tracksuit and Adidas Runners I said to our kid hey look at the athlete he must be because he looks like one she told me I was a fucking idiot .Just like the idiots who think we are Public service vehicles .Everything is not like it looks .

I will concede you were right ... kinda
Whilst you were arguing we are not public service vehicles ,,, we are!
The Minister in the act has now used the term Public Transport, which we are not

[dalymount]

Surely if anybody wanted clarification on this matter,the thing to do would be to get written confirmation from the  NTA

[Theoneandonly]

Surely if anybody wanted clarification on this matter,the thing to do would be to get written confirmation from the  NTA

Last we heard from them they believed we would be included in the act:



However it seems we aren't inluded in the act, so it's very possible that'll be the last we hear from them, unless they use their Taxi regulatory powers and make us wear masks that way.

[Rat Catcher]

Minister Ryan is probably reluctant to appoint taxi drivers as enforcers. Having a bunch of immigrants refusing service to folk who are Irish by accident of birth would be crazy and, perhaps, a tad ironic. Imagine a Muslim telling a white Irishwoman to cover her face or get out of his car!

[Shallowhal]

Muslim telling a white Irishwoman to cover her face or get out of his car!

..and maybe do a little dance...make a little love...

[silverbullet]

Minister Ryan is probably reluctant to appoint taxi drivers as enforcers. Having a bunch of immigrants refusing service to folk who are Irish by accident of birth would be crazy and, perhaps, a tad ironic. Imagine a Muslim telling a white Irishwoman to cover her face or get out of his car!

Mairin De Burca would have been a good transport minister.

[TheDevilHimself]

would requiring taxi drivers to wear face  masks  would be a road safety issue ?