Taxi Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014: Prayer of Annulment

Part of Committee Business – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 5:45 pm on 2 February 2015.

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Photo of Cathal Boylan Cathal Boylan Sinn Féin 5:45, 2 February 2015

I will in a minute.

I brought up that point because single-tier is in effect happening in Belfast at the minute. Why is it happening? It has been happening for a number of years because of the lack of enforcement — simple as. I will get round to the Minister's comments in a minute, and I will let in Mr Eastwood in a minute, but I repeat that people have to realise that single-tier has been operating in Belfast because of the lack of enforcement over the past number of years.

So, we cannot say that we introduce the single-tier system, and more taxis will come in, when we already know what is happening in Belfast. I will let Mr Eastwood in.