In September 2022, new measures were introduced that made it mandatory for all drivers to accept card payments
Ireland’s transport watchdog, the National Transport Authority has received hundreds of complaints in regard to taxis not having a card machine or refusing to accept card payments.
However, since the new move was enacted the NTA has received well over 200 complaints about taxis that have failed to follow the new rule.In the complaints, revealed to Newstalk via the Freedom of Information Act, a staggering 229 complaints were made to the authority in the space of five months since the rule was put in place.
Speaking on the radio show, he said: "I don't think 229 complaints, in regards to the millions of journeys that take place since this compulsory credit card transaction payment had come in.In the cases reported by the radio program, multiple drivers were reported as they did not have a card machine present in the vehicle, with the drivers being issued fines by the NTA following the reports.
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