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In 2015, there were 21,146 small public service vehicles licensed to operate. More than half (51.4%) of these were based in Dublin.

Wheelchair accessible taxis and hackneys represented 4.8% (1,020) of the total small public service vehicles in 2015.
In 2015, one fifth (20.9%) of all small public service vehicles were 10 years and older while one in eight (12.4%) were less than four years old.

For long labels below use to display on multiple lines	Distribution of small public service vehicles by age, 2015
<2 years	4.8
2<4 years	7.6
4<6 years	17.4
6<8 years	19.7
8<10 years	29.6
10 years and over	20.9

Table 10.1 Number of small public service vehicles by type, 2010-2015
							Number
Year	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Local area hackney	Total
2010	3,772	1,216	18,920	1,401	*	*	25,309
2011	3,241	1,204	18,101	1,227	4	*	23,777
2012	2,866	1,257	17,750	1,077	14	*	22,964
2013	2,532	1,316	17,137	898	18	*	21,901
2014	2,281	1,437	16,899	889	35	6	21,547
2015	2,081	1,571	16,460	969	51	14	21,146

* Not available
Source: National Transport Authority

Table 10.2 Age profile of small public service vehicle fleet by type, 2015
						Number
Age	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total

Under 1 year	44	67	309	47	5	472
1 to < 2 years	47	58	369	56	6	536
2 to < 3 years	52	55	411	33	3	554
3 to < 4 years	108	75	827	34	8	1,052
4 to < 5 years	132	70	1238	67	6	1,513
5 to < 6 years	143	65	1895	61	6	2,170
6 to < 7 years	144	48	1404	38	5	1,639
7 to < 8 years	282	166	2008	75	3	2,534
8 to < 9 years	404	269	2914	103	4	3,694
9 to < 10 years	284	205	1981	95	3	2,568
10 years and over	455	493	3104	360	2	4,414

Total	2,095	1,571	16,460	969	51	21,146

Source: National Transport Authority

Table 10.3 Number of small public service vehicles by type and county of licensing, 2015
							Number and rate
County	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total	% of national SPSV fleet	% of population 2011
Carlow	23	6	89	8	0	126	0.6	1.2
Cavan	51	5	74	14	0	144	0.7	1.6
Clare	103	66	172	5	4	350	1.7	2.6
Cork	349	165	1291	65	7	1,877	8.9	11.3
Donegal	171	32	156	14	11	384	1.8	3.5
Dublin	52	417	9930	460	2	10,861	51.4	27.7
Galway	141	91	606	62	2	902	4.3	5.5
Kerry	117	118	211	16	0	462	2.2	3.2
Kildare	116	89	589	52	1	847	4.0	4.6
Kilkenny	28	8	153	19	1	209	1.0	2.1
Laois	34	15	140	15	3	207	1.0	1.8
Leitrim	24	5	34	8	0	71	0.3	0.7
Limerick	77	91	457	21	1	647	3.1	4.2
Longford	23	6	55	4	0	88	0.4	0.8
Louth	46	48	439	30	1	564	2.7	2.7
Mayo	122	43	136	13	1	315	1.5	2.8
Meath	61	87	907	42	1	1,098	5.2	4.0
Monaghan	53	15	14	8	1	91	0.4	1.3
Offaly	73	15	61	9	3	161	0.8	1.7
Roscommon	65	16	37	9	0	127	0.6	1.4
Sligo	18	18	122	11	2	171	0.8	1.4
Tipperary	156	47	30	3	5	241	1.1	3.5
Waterford	29	50	180	16	0	275	1.3	2.5
Westmeath	25	17	214	26	0	282	1.3	1.9
Wexford	78	42	127	22	4	273	1.3	3.2
Wicklow	60	59	236	17	1	373	1.8	3.0

Total	2,095	1,571	16,460	969	51	21,146	100.0	100.0

Source: National Transport Authority

Table 10.4 Number of small public service vehicles by type and main make, 2015
						Number
Make	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total

Audi	34	40	120	0	0	194
Bentley	0	20	0	0	0	20
BMW	14	119	110	0	0	243
Cadillac	0	1	0	0	0	1
Carbodies	0	11	0	0	0	11
Chevrolet	6	4	100	0	0	110
Chrysler	7	117	81	0	0	205
Citroen	19	1	141	23	0	184
Dacia	2	0	39	0	0	41
Daewoo	1	1	0	0	0	2
Daimler	0	15	0	0	0	15
Fiat	17	6	57	154	5	239
Ford	386	43	1863	119	11	2422
Honda	9	1	198	0	0	208
Hummer	0	6	0	0	0	6
Hyundai	52	10	405	0	0	467
Jaguar	1	16	6	0	0	23
Jeep	0	3	1	0	0	4
Kia	52	8	270	0	0	330
Land Rover	1	28	0	0	0	29
Lexus	3	46	39	0	0	88
Lincoln	0	21	0	0	0	21
Maserati	0	2	0	0	0	2
Mazda	8	1	164	0	0	173
Mercedes-Benz	130	838	546	30	0	1544
Mitsubishi	9	1	58	0	0	68
Nissan	66	1	611	144	4	826
Opel	40	2	268	14	1	325
Peugeot	28	2	96	148	12	286
Regent	0	5	0	0	0	5
Renault	49	4	520	26	2	601
Rolls-Royce	0	26	0	0	0	26
Rover	1	4	8	0	0	13
Saab	3	0	20	0	0	23
Seat	26	0	54	0	0	80
Skoda	241	23	3016	0	0	3280
Ssangyong	10	5	168	0	0	183
Subaru	0	1	5	0	0	6
Suzuki	1	0	5	0	0	6
Toyota	497	10	5,989	96	3	6595
Vauxhall	12	1	151	1	1	166
Volkswagen	364	73	1,311	214	12	1,974
Volvo	5	14	39	0	0	58
Other makes	1	41	1	0	0	43

Total	2,095	1,571	16,460	969	51	21,146

Source: National Transport Authority

Table 10.5 Number of small public service vehicles by county and age of vehicle, 2015
							Number
County	Age (years)
County	Under 3	3 ˂ 5	5 < 7	7 < 9	9 < 10	10 and over	Total

Carlow	22	17	15	31	14	27	126
Cavan	14	17	22	41	23	27	144
Clare	16	32	50	124	51	77	350
Cork	166	245	292	559	211	404	1,877
Donegal	36	61	66	96	36	89	384
Dublin	745	1,378	2,161	3,145	1327	2,105	10,861
Galway	43	99	188	260	96	216	902
Kerry	80	60	54	123	44	101	462
Kildare	47	93	156	256	100	195	847
Kilkenny	35	31	23	59	26	35	209
Laois	24	25	44	53	33	28	207
Leitrim	1	7	20	21	7	15	71
Limerick	25	68	115	193	86	160	647
Longford	11	7	16	24	10	20	88
Louth	39	64	89	178	71	123	564
Mayo	22	28	40	97	35	93	315
Meath	85	120	162	343	145	243	1,098
Monaghan	4	18	11	34	8	16	91
Offaly	7	10	22	47	27	48	161
Roscommon	6	19	23	35	20	24	127
Sligo	27	15	25	44	20	40	171
Tipperary	13	25	34	78	32	59	241
Waterford	15	23	51	83	36	67	275
Westmeath	20	32	45	102	32	51	282
Wexford	27	30	36	85	31	64	273
Wicklow	32	41	49	117	47	87	373

Total	1,562	2,565	3,809	6,228	2,568	4,414	21,146

Source: National Transport Authority