Taxi Hardship Payments Scheme

Taxi Hardship Panel

The Government has approved the implementation of the recommendations of the Taxi Hardship Panel, which was asked to examine and report in general terms on the nature and extent of extreme personal financial hardship which may have been experienced by individual taxi licence holders arising from loss of income as a direct result of the liberalisation of the taxi licensing regime on 21^st November, 2000.  Any payments made under this scheme are ex-gratia and without admission of liability.

Area Development Management. (ADM) has been engaged to administer and manage a scheme to implement the recommendations of the Taxi Hardship Panel on behalf of the Minister for Transport.

The Closing date for applications under the taxi hardship payments scheme was the 30th April 2004.