Siptu is to withdraw from the Advisory Council of the Commission for Taxi Regulation and to boycott further meetings of the body, the union said today.
The decision follows yesterday’s meeting of the Siptu taxi drivers branch where members complained they have derived no benefit from participation on the Advisory Council over the past six years.
The union said Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, would be informed of the decision to withdraw from, and boycott, further meetings of the Council on Monday.
“The decision to boycott the Council is based on the evidence that at no time have our members or taxi drivers generally derived any benefit from participation on this body,” said Siptu branch official Jerry Brennan.
“Nothing of any benefit has emerged from the Advisory Council. Any positive recommendations we have made have never progressed to any form of action,” he added.