{"id":411,"date":"2014-03-03T22:52:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T22:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paddycompare.ie\/insurance-blog\/?p=411"},"modified":"2014-08-31T19:59:54","modified_gmt":"2014-08-31T19:59:54","slug":"how-to-become-a-taxi-driver-and-get-a-taxi-psv-licence-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paddycompare.ie\/insurance-blog\/how-to-become-a-taxi-driver-and-get-a-taxi-psv-licence-in-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"How to become a taxi driver and get a taxi PSV licence in Ireland!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you interested in a career that offers both flexibility and reward? If so becoming a taxi driver could be the answer. You will need to know how to become a taxi driver and how to get a PSV taxi license. Taxis and small public service vehicles are regulated by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaltransport.ie\/taxi-and-bus-licensing\/taxi\/\">National Transport Authority<\/a>. Their duties include overseeing the licensing of all taxis, hackneys and limousines, processing applications, issuing and renewing licences for SPSVs. All this is done through a network of 32 regional centres. You will need a SPSV Driver Licence which involves completing an application to the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na and sitting a SPSV Entry Test in order to obtain your SPSV driver ID card. You will also need a SPSV Vehicle Licence which are issued by the NTA to applicants who meet certain conditions and whose vehicles meet the required standards. The cost to renew your licence for a period of 1 year is approximately \u20ac125. For more details on how to get a PSV taxi licence and how to become a taxi driver please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaltransport.ie\/taxi-and-bus-licensing\/taxi\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once you get your licence and you are ready to start working you will also need to make sure you have the right <a href=\"\/taxi-insurance\">taxi insurance cover<\/a>. Finding cheap taxi insurance in Ireland is easy with Paddy Compare. Simply enter your taxi details into our <a href=\"\/taxi-insurance\">taxi insurance quotes<\/a> form and our taxi insurance specialists will be in touch with competitive policy prices to suit. For <a href=\"\/taxi-insurance\">taxi insurance Dublin<\/a>, Galway, Cork or anywhere in Ireland, try Paddy Compare and save money today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you interested in a career that offers both flexibility and reward? If so becoming a taxi driver could be the answer. You will need to know how to become a taxi driver and how to get a PSV taxi license. Taxis and small public service vehicles are regulated by the National Transport Authority. Their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paddycompare.ie\/insurance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paddycompare.ie\/insurance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paddycompare.ie\/insurance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddycompare.ie\/insurance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddycompare.ie\/insurance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddycompare.ie\/insurance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":510,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddycompare.ie\/insurance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions\/510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paddycompare.ie\/insurance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddycompare.ie\/insurance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddycompare.ie\/insurance-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}