Leo does U-turn on call for taxi industry to be deregulated

[Keith]

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

[taxi1990]

I already posted this on another thread.

[mercenary for hire]

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.

[Taxi driver42]

It be a hack version

[Octavia1]

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

[mercenary for hire]

Not my idea Octy as I robbed it from FDS but it's worth repeating as it's still relevant over a decade later.

[Octavia1]

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 

[silverbullet]

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 

he's still driving a Dacia duster, must know something we don't.

[Octavia1]

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 

he's still driving a Dacia duster, must know something we don't.

Too bleedin rite ...wen I'm a crypto millionaires... I'm goin back to me bike .... ...an I'm not jokin 

[John m]

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 .?

[watty]

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?

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

leo is the kite flying king.
he must have studied joseph stalin.

[John m]

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 .

[Firewall]

Felt like fookin dereg tonight, thousands of taxis, no jobs. It begins.

[markmiwurdz]

Felt like fookin dereg tonight, thousands of taxis, no jobs. It begins.

It began a few weeks back..