Taxi industry to face full review

A FULL-SCALE review of the taxi industry will be carried out to ensure better safety for consumers and regulation for drivers, Public Transport Minister Alan Kelly has said.

He announced the review after a Prime Time programme exposed a number of illegal practices.

Mr Kelly said gardaí must take a leading role in taxi industry enforcement and not leave it to the nine enforcement officers in the regulator’s office. He also said the system of monitoring and regulation of licences is not stringent enough, and that criminals with serious convictions are being allowed to operate legitimately.