{"id":6830,"date":"2024-07-10T15:55:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T14:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=6830"},"modified":"2024-07-10T15:55:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T14:55:52","slug":"review-of-taxi-licence-system-must-be-completed-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/review-of-taxi-licence-system-must-be-completed-quickly\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of taxi licence system must be completed quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns has given a guarded welcome to the Government\u2019s commitment to review the system in place for granting taxi licences to drivers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the D\u00e1il today, my party proposed a range of measures to tackle the epidemic of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence in this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe called on the Government to review, implement and update regulations across a number of different professions, including the taxi industry, to ensure that predators can be quickly identified and sanctioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI therefore welcome the commitment we secured today from the Minister that the Departments of Justice and Transport, in conjunction with garda\u00ed, are to carry out an urgent review of the system in place for issuing licences to taxi drivers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrucially, this will include an assessment of whether any improvements need to be made \u2013 including periodic rechecks of a driver\u2019s suitability \u2013 to ensure that taxis are safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I welcome today\u2019s development, the Government must also review other areas in need of regulation, including dentistry, counselling and psychotherapy services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are growing tired of hearing the Government\u2019s self-professed zero tolerance attitude to violence against women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo match their words with action, there must be no delay in carrying out the promised review of taxi regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>July 10, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns has given a guarded welcome to the Government\u2019s commitment to review the system in place for granting taxi licences to drivers. \u201cIn the D\u00e1il today, my party proposed a range of measures to tackle the epidemic of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence in this country. \u201cWe called on the Government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[400,7,548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holly-cairns","category-press-release","category-violence-against-women"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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