Advice Please

[Horse]

He had heard "horror " stories of drivers making screens from cling film 

[Shallowhal]

@Justin,
The conversation i had yesterday with Oran from the NTA in relation to the information i was given by Wendy last week in which she didn't tell me that "at present" there are no late renewal fees or lapsed licence fees but he says that could change......the only info that Wendy gave me was that if i don't reactivate my licence i would incur the €500 fee.

[mercenary for hire]

I thought they brought in graduated fees for plate restoration years ago?.It's not the full 500 straight away even if they were charging.

[Shallowhal]

Something else Wendy amd Oran didn't tell me!!

[mercenary for hire]

I reckon all them guests logged here in are the staff in the call center trying to make sense of the rules..poor fukkers..

[john m]

I think Wendy and her mates working from home just get random calls diverted to them Wendy probably normally does bookings for retests knows notghing about taxis so looks at the regs and gives you her interpretation of the rules .Talking to anybody in any government dep is a bit like reading a Film review it depends on what they think it meant .

I reactivated my plate redone the link .I am available to work but I am also not available as Social Distancing means it is unsafe for me and strangers to share a confined space without official guidelines .


If I was you Hal or anybody else I would reactivate the plate ,remember the High Court Judge at dereg said there is no onus on a plate owner to operate that plate but if you no longer have an active licence the Dole might say you have made yourself VOLUNTARILY unemployed .One of the conditions use to be if you quit a job you got no dole for 6 weeks .The Covid Coin rules said you did not have to de register as self employed (why did they say that and are there consequences if you do ) The Goalposts keep moving .

[mercenary for hire]

All the fees associated with reactivating your plate are about 200 plus another 300 deposit for insurance.No guarantee I'd pass my NCT without spending either.

Not money I'd be spending of there is not enough work.Smart thing to do is wait it out.

If/when there's another lockdown everyone won't be getting 350 again so more will be out there cutting each other up for a fiver an hour.Fuk that I can make that much from the sofa.

[john m]

Dont forget Eamo is now the minister for mechanical mayhem ,he will need revenue to pay for bike grants and nice walkways dont be surprised if after stage 4 is lifted then the free relicence fee and other shit that suited the NTA might all be done away with .As I said we need about 30% of taxis out of the fleet for it to be viable .

A new NCT and Suitability and a late fee will knock some of the part timers and double jobbers out .

[Jonno]

Head burying or getting pissed off sitting at home syndrome .No tourists ,No Gigs ,No late night venues ,No sporting events .NO FUCKING PASSENGERS means no need for taxis .Your beginning to act like the Clit who couldnt wait to do a loop of Pennys get new Pyjamas and knickers and white socks for the kids .Unless 30% of drivers go bust or give it up the taxi business is no longer viable .No crowds now at Pennys and no crowds on ranks .And dont forget the real ball breaker not Covid 19 but Brexit 2021 ..Just in case you havent noticed it just went Nuclear .Britain imposing quarantine of people traveling back from Spain will fuck up the Spanish tourism trade so you can bet your last Peseta that Spain will veto any trade deal with Britain .Best opportunity for taxi drivers might be in School transport Social distancing cant take place on a bus so there might be work there .

Your rant is becoming more bizarre. To be clear, I've been off pup and back working for weeks now. I'm not sure what your point is. Take a chill..

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Where did you get the idea i give one of my two fucks about you .

Because you replied to a comment of mine from yesterday complete with some tasty language, thank you very much. Unless it was meant for someone else, which it didn't seem to be. So that's why I thought you gave one of your two fucks.

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[mercenary for hire]

Dunno Ermy...right now the NTA are still recruiting.Until they raise the pass mark back to 80% on the geography test there's no point hoping double jobbers and part-timers will go out of business.

Not one of them union/despatch company gimps speaking to the media have mentioned the recruitment drive.

Freenow still have job recruitment adverts up today on the websites.More drivers equals more discounts.

[john m]

New law to be debated afterdinner to cover Heathers arse .Law will say you must be activly seeking work to claim Covid Coin .You cannot be seeking work if you are in isolation but the rule will be applied to all claimants .So as I posted yesterday if you lapse your licence are you available to work ?

[Tony]

@Justin,
The conversation i had yesterday with Oran from the NTA in relation to the information i was given by Wendy last week in which she didn't tell me that "at present" there are no late renewal fees or lapsed licence fees but he says that could change......the only info that Wendy gave me was that if i don't reactivate my licence i would incur the €500 fee.

Just of the phone to jenny, i booked me stupidity for next week and asked her about the late renewal fee, she says as it stands there's no late fee but thats subject to change, take out of that what you like.

[john m]

@Justin,
The conversation i had yesterday with Oran from the NTA in relation to the information i was given by Wendy last week in which she didn't tell me that "at present" there are no late renewal fees or lapsed licence fees but he says that could change......the only info that Wendy gave me was that if i don't reactivate my licence i would incur the €500 fee.

Just of the phone to jenny, i booked me stupidity for next week and asked her about the late renewal fee, she says as it stands there's no late fee but thats subject to change, take out of that what you like.

Possible Dear John letters in the post

Dear Driver
            Please confirm you are available to operate as a licenced taxi driver in line with your application for covid coin .This would require that you are in possession or have access to a licenced taxi and insurance .
Regards .
Girl what works from home .

[mercenary for hire]

Laffin I said that in the fifth reply on this thread.

[john m]

Laffin I said that in the fifth reply on this thread.

Any SPSV vehicle licence holder who is unable to complete a licence renewal due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will not be subject to any ‘late renewal fee’"""

It's in here somewhere.

Dear driver our testing centers have now reopened in fact they have been open for ^ weeks so the Covid Pandemic no longer impacts on renewals .Its a moveable feast Merc .