Taxi drivers fined €35,000 for regulation breaches

Taxi drivers were handed down on-the-spot fines worth over €35,000 last year for breaches of regulations governing the industry.

The National Transport Authority reported that increased compliance checks on vehicles and drivers in 2015 resulted in 692 fixed charges notices totalling €35,410 being issued to taxi licence holders.

The single biggest number of fixed payment notices — around 40% of the total — were related to drivers failing to notify details of the vehicle being operated to the NTA. Such a breach incurs a fine of €40.