Taxi Regulation (Maximum Fares) Order S.I. No. 293/2022

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 21st June, 2022.

The National Transport Authority, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 24 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (No. 37 of 2013 as amended), hereby makes the following order:

1. This Order may be cited as the Taxi Regulation (Maximum Fares) Order 2022.

2. This Order shall come into operation on 01 September 2022.

3. In this Order “public holiday” has the same meaning as it has in paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Second Schedule to the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 with the addition, where a public holiday falls on a Sunday, of the following weekday.

4. The fares contained in the Schedule are fixed as the maximum fares and charges that may be charged by the driver of a taxi in respect of a journey undertaken in the State.

SCHEDULE

Standard Rate: To be displayed in the Rate/Tariff Window as 1

Applies 08.00 hours to 20.00 hours, Monday to Saturday
Changeover Speed (at all times)	21.2 km/hr
Initial Charge
Monetary Value	€4.20
Distance Allowance	500 metres
Time Allowance	84.9 seconds
Tariff A
Monetary Unit	€0.20
Distance Allowance	153.8 metres
Time Allowance	26.1 seconds
Hourly Tariff	€27.56
Tariff per km	€1.30
Tariff A initiated at switch of running total from	€4.20
to	€4.40
Range of Tariff A	€19.00
Graduates to Tariff B when running total switches from	€23.20
to	€23.40
Maximum Unit Increments on Tariff A	95
Range of Tariff A when charged only on distance	14,615.4 metres
Range of Tariff A when charged only on time	2,481.9 seconds
Tariff B
Monetary Unit	€0.20
Distance Allowance	121.2 metres
Time Allowance	20.6 seconds
Hourly Tariff	€34.98
Tariff per km	€1.65
Tariff B applies for the remainder of the journey

Premium Rate: To be displayed in the Rate/Tariff Window as 2

Applies 20.00 hours to 08.00 hours, Monday to Saturday, and all day Sunday and all day in relation to public holidays (except Christmas and New Year)

Changeover Speed (at all times)	21.2 km/hr
Initial Charge
Monetary Value	€4.80
Distance Allowance	500 metres
Time Allowance	84.9 seconds
Tariff A
Monetary Unit	€0.20
Distance Allowance	117.0 metres
Time Allowance	19.9 seconds
Hourly Tariff	€36.25
Tariff per km	€1.71
Tariff A initiated at switch from	€4.80
to	€5.00
Range of Tariff A	€24.80
Graduates to Tariff B when running total switched from	€29.60
to	€29.80
Maximum Unit Increments on Tariff A	124
Range of Tariff A when charged only on distance	14,502.9 metres
Range of Tariff A when charged only on time	2,462.8 seconds
Tariff B
Monetary Unit	€0.20
Distance Allowance	100.0 metres
Time Allowance	17.0 seconds
Hourly Tariff	€42.40
Tariff per km	€2.00
Tariff B applies for the remainder of the journey

Special Rate for Christmas & New Year: and be displayed in the Rate/Tariff Window as 3

A special rate applies between Christmas Eve 20:00h and St. Stephens Day 08:00h and New Years Eve 20:00h and New Years Day 08:00h.

Changeover Speed (at all times)	21.2 km/hr
Initial Charge
Monetary Value	€4.80
Distance Allowance	500 metres
Time Allowance	84.9 seconds
Tariff A
Monetary Unit	€0.20
Distance Allowance	100.0 metres
Time Allowance	17.0 seconds
Hourly Tariff	€42.40
Tariff per km	€2.00
Tariff A initiated at switch from	€4.80
to	€5.00
Tariff A applies for the remainder of the journey

Extra metered charges (where applicable)

Booking Fee	€2.00
Additional passenger charge: each adult passenger after the first (or, after the first free child, for each additional two children under 12 years of age)	€1.00
Soiling Charge, where applicable	The reasonable cost of
	remedying the soiling, up to
	a maximum of €140.00

Toll charges, in accordance with a toll scheme adopted by a road authority under the Roads Act 1993 to date may be charged as incurred.

GIVEN under the Seal of the National Transport Authority,

17 June 2022.

FRED BARRY,

Chairperson, National Transport Authority.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order sets the maximum fares that may be charged by the driver of a taxi in respect of a journey undertaken in the State in line with the table contained in the Schedule to the Order.

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S.I. No. 293/2022 - Taxi Regulation (Maximum Fares) Order 2022

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