Brummie Cabbie wrote:
It was a very good report & they seemed to know what they were talking about.
Must have been blinding
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:38 pm ] |
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Taxi regulation 'costing drivers €22,000' http://www.independent.ie/business/iris ... 17551.html DEREGULATION of the taxi market has cost drivers between €7,000 and €22,000 a year in gross earnings -- depending on whether fare estimates from passengers or drivers are used. The figures were given by Bernard Feeney of Goodbody Stockbrokers in a paper to the Dublin Economics Workshop conference in Kenmare. Mr Feeney said that drivers' earnings had probably declined further this year but the surprise was that they had not fallen by even more. The conference was told that any re-balancing of regulation in the wake of the banking crisis should take account of the lessons of over-regulation in the 1970s. Cathal Guiomard and Isolde Goggin of the Aviation Regulator said a misguided and unattainable desire for 'zero risk' was a prime cause of an ever-expanding 'nanny state' and red tape. Winding down "over-reliance on government" would allow a more free society, in which informed adults voluntarily choose the level of risk they wish to bear. Declan Purcell and Malachy Fox of the Competition Authority said that, even though Ireland prided itself on having an open economy founded on free trade there was "still a certain ambivalence to the benefits that competition can bring". |
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:14 pm ] |
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Goodbody's were the compamy that did the original report for the Irish Government in 2005/6 before they introduced the current system. It was a very good report & they seemed to know what they were talking about. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:39 pm ] |
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Brummie Cabbie wrote: It was a very good report & they seemed to know what they were talking about. Must have been blinding
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:54 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: Brummie Cabbie wrote: It was a very good report & they seemed to know what they were talking about. Must have been blinding CC Did YOU read it? And don't mix up the report with what the Irish government have done since. Goodbody were not resposible for the political decisions. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:17 pm ] |
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Brummie Cabbie wrote: captain cab wrote: Brummie Cabbie wrote: It was a very good report & they seemed to know what they were talking about. Must have been blinding CC Did YOU read it? And don't mix up the report with what the Irish government have done since. Goodbody were not resposible for the political decisions. All I know is that they haver a pretty f*cked up situation.....I'm not in Ireland so I dont feel compelled? CC |
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:26 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: Brummie Cabbie wrote: captain cab wrote: Brummie Cabbie wrote: It was a very good report & they seemed to know what they were talking about. Must have been blinding CC Did YOU read it? And don't mix up the report with what the Irish government have done since. Goodbody were not resposible for the political decisions. All I know is that they haver a pretty f*cked up situation.....I'm not in Ireland so I dont feel compelled? CC Yeah, but you've posted some stuff about Ireland recently & about Goodbody. I'll email you the report ..... leisure reading while you wait 90 minutes for your £2.30 job. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:29 am ] |
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Cheers brummie, didn't know I'd mentioned goodbodys but I'm sure the reading will be useful. CC |
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| Author: | dagger [ Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:58 pm ] |
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Personally I have not lost much in money terms but to keep up I'm having to do around an extra 15-20 hours a week, which makes a mockery of people wining about Taxi drivers not being able to work more than so many hours. The only thing I have lost is quality time with family as now I can barely take any unsociable hours (Family time) off. |
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