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“Ireland 1916” Briefing Session

All SPSV drivers are invited to attend a briefing session hosted by “Ireland 1916” on Wednesday, 9th and Thursday, 10th March in Collins Barracks, Dublin, to receive information on the 1916 Commemoration Events, followed by a private tour of the 1916 exhibition in Collins Barracks.  The timings of these sessions have yet to be confirmed,...

Appeal from An Garda Síochána to all Taxi Drivers re: Fatal Shooting at the Regency Hotel, Whitehall on Friday 5th February 2016 at approximately 2.25pm

As part of the Garda investigation, an appeal is made to all taxi drivers who were in the Whitehall / Drumcondra / Clontarf / Marino areas between 1pm – 3pm last Friday and may have information to offer or observed suspicious activity in these areas. In addition, an appeal is made to any taxi drivers...

Compliance activities in January 2016

Compliance Officers recorded a total of 7,075 checks of small public service vehicles during the month. As part of the day to day checks and also pre-arranged operations, six individuals were detected operating without valid SPSV licences; five in the Dublin area and one in Galway. A total of 67 Fixed Payment Notices were issued...

Compliance activities in December 2015

Compliance Officers recorded a total of 5,759 checks of small public service vehicles during the month. As part of the day to day checks and also pre-arranged operations, four individuals were detected operating without valid SPSV licences in the Dublin area. A total of 63 Fixed Payment Notices were issued to licence holders during the...

SPSV Industry Update Issue 31

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SPSV Online Services – Driver Link Notifications

SPSV Online Services is a new web-based service that provides a simpler and better way to link yourself to a vehicle and now to view your history, with intuitive screens and a full history of all links created, changed or broken. Notifications of link changes will be sent to both affected drivers and vehicle licence holders....

Compliance activities in September 2015

Compliance Officers recorded a total of 8,601 checks of small public service vehicles during the month. As part of the day to day checks and also pre-arranged operations, seven individuals were detected operating without valid SPSV licences; two in Dublin and another five following operations carried out in Donegal. A total of 74 Fixed Payment...

Taxi Statistics for Ireland – Latest in series of National Transport Authority Statistical Bulletins

The National Transport Authority today (September 7, 2015) published its annual Bulletin on Taxi Statistics for Ireland. There are six categories of Small Public Service Vehicles (SPSVs) currently operating in Ireland: Taxi, Wheelchair Accessible Taxi, Hackney, Wheelchair Accessible Hackney, Local Area Hackney and Limousine. Most of the SPSV fleet is made up of taxis, with the majority operating in...

Compliance activities in August 2015

Compliance Officers recorded 4216 checks of small public service vehicles during the month. As part of the day to day checks and also pre-arranged operations, seven individuals were detected operating without valid SPSV licences; two in Dublin, two in Kerry, one in Tipperary, one in Cork and one in Sligo. 42 Fixed Payment Notices were...