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1st September 2022
12:15pm BST

She said: "Our role as taxi regulator is to ensure that the consumer gets a high quality modern affordable and accessible service but while striking a fair balance with the self-employed taxi drivers nationwide.
"NTA reviews the maximum fare every two years.
"The full fare review examined all the running costs and fixed costs that a driver has to pay to give a taxi service in today's economic environment.
"So, that includes... the fuel prices, the energy prices, the cost of vehicles and so on and then we look at that together with [the] macro environment and the cost of living changes for both drivers and passengers.
"This time, because of what was going on in the post-pandemic era and the socialising that had been taken up again, we also considered very strongly the passenger demand and how that's changed since pre-Covid times, particularly for the nighttime trips and the socialising trips."
According to Ms Thompson, trips for socialising have risen by 45% in Dublin since the Covid restrictions eased.Explore more on these topics: