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In 2014, there were 21,547 small public service vehicles licensed to operate. More than half (51.0%) of these were based in Dublin.

Wheelchair accessible taxis and hackneys represented 4.3% (930) of the total small public service vehicles in 2014.
In 2014, 17.6% of all small public service vehicles were 10 years and older while 12.0% of those vehicles were less than four years old.

For long labels below use to display on multiple lines	Distribution of small public service vehicles by age, 2014
<2 years	3.5
2<4 years	8.5
4<6 years	15.2
6<8 years	28.9
8<10 years	26.4
Over 10 years	17.6

Table 10.1 Number of small public service vehicles by type, 2007-2014
						Number
Year	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total
2007	4,868	1,331	17,992	1,504	*	25,695
2008	4,918	1,339	19,581	1,602	*	27,440
2009	4,497	1,305	19,565	1,570	*	26,937
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	41	21,547

* Not available
Source: National Transport Authority

Table 10.2 Age profile of small public service vehicle fleet by type, 2014
						Number
Age	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total

Under 1 year	38	42	231	46	5	362
1 to < 2 years	34	46	298	16	2	396
2 to < 3 years	73	49	599	13	3	737
3 to < 4 years	79	53	909	41	4	1,086
4 to < 5 years	115	50	1,629	16	3	1,813
5 to < 6 years	125	45	1,248	31	7	1,456
6 to < 7 years	274	161	1,859	79	4	2,377
7 to < 8 years	457	242	3,029	116	5	3,849
8 to < 9 years	369	195	2,479	106	4	3,153
9 to < 10 years	301	104	2,026	98	2	2,531
Over 10 years	416	450	2,592	327	2	3,787

Total	2,281	1,437	16,899	889	41	21,547

Source: National Transport Authority

Table 10.3 Number of small public service vehicles by type and county of licensing, 2014
							Number and rate
County	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total	% of national SPSV fleet	% of population 2011

Carlow	27	2	89	9	1	128	0.6	1.2
Cavan	57	3	80	10	0	150	0.7	1.6
Clare	115	62	174	5	3	359	1.7	2.6
Cork	372	155	1,334	63	5	1,929	9.0	11.3
Donegal	184	27	170	13	6	400	1.9	3.5
Dublin	55	404	10,125	397	1	10,982	51.0	27.7
Galway	152	78	645	49	3	927	4.3	5.5
Kerry	127	108	216	15	0	466	2.2	3.2
Kildare	123	85	610	52	0	870	4.0	4.6
Kilkenny	28	7	150	16	1	202	0.9	2.1
Laois	41	12	145	19	3	220	1.0	1.8
Leitrim	28	5	35	7	0	75	0.3	0.7
Limerick	95	78	482	20	1	676	3.1	4.2
Longford	25	5	54	5	0	89	0.4	0.8
Louth	51	39	430	33	2	555	2.6	2.7
Mayo	123	36	138	10	1	308	1.4	2.8
Meath	72	79	954	46	1	1,152	5.3	4.0
Monaghan	55	13	14	7	1	90	0.4	1.3
Offaly	77	14	64	9	3	167	0.8	1.7
Roscommon	71	15	37	9	0	132	0.6	1.4
Sligo	21	20	129	11	2	183	0.8	1.4
Tipperary	169	37	35	2	3	246	1.1	3.5
Waterford	33	48	184	16	0	281	1.3	2.5
Westmeath	28	12	225	27	0	292	1.4	1.9
Wexford	81	36	127	22	4	270	1.3	3.2
Wicklow	71	57	253	17	0	398	1.8	3.0

Total	2,281	1,437	16,899	889	41	21,547	100.0	100.0

Source: National Transport Authority

Table 10.4 Number of small public service vehicles by type and main make, 2014
						Number
Make	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total

Audi	31	26	135	0	0	192
Bentley	0	23	0	0	0	23
BMW	16	109	121	0	0	246
Cadillac	0	2	0	0	0	2
Carbodies	0	15	0	0	0	15
Chevrolet	6	3	101	0	0	110
Chrysler	12	118	88	0	0	218
Citroen	24	1	153	16	1	195
Dacia	0	0	18	0	0	18
Daewoo	1	1	3	0	0	5
Daimler	0	20	0	0	0	20
Fiat	25	3	69	175	3	275
Ford	413	35	1,939	97	9	2,493
Honda	12	2	217	0	0	231
Hummer	0	5	0	0	0	5
Hyundai	60	13	425	0	0	498
Jaguar	0	20	6	0	0	26
Jeep	0	4	1	0	0	5
Kia	54	8	266	0	0	328
Land Rover	2	25	0	0	0	27
Lexus	3	53	43	0	0	99
Lincoln	0	24	0	0	0	24
Maserati	0	2	0	0	0	2
Mazda	10	1	185	0	0	196
Mercedes-Benz	151	718	652	40	1	1,562
Mitsubishi	8	3	62	0	0	73
Nissan	80	1	784	157	3	1,025
Opel	45	1	279	10	1	336
Peugeot	36	2	99	58	6	201
Regent	0	5	0	0	0	5
Renault	45	4	428	24	1	502
Rolls-Royce	0	29	0	0	0	29
Rover	1	5	11	0	0	17
Saab	5	1	18	0	0	24
Seat	34	0	61	0	0	95
Skoda	227	16	2,846	0	0	3,089
Ssangyong	8	4	163	0	0	175
Subaru	0	0	3	0	0	3
Suzuki	1	0	6	0	0	7
Toyota	549	11	6,075	107	3	6,745
Vauxhall	9	1	138	1	0	149
Volkswagen	406	63	1,462	204	12	2,147
Volvo	6	18	40	0	1	65
Other makes	1	42	2	0	0	45

Total	2,281	1,437	16,899	889	41	21,547

Source: National Transport Authority

Table 10.5 Number of small public service vehicles by county and age of vehicle, 2014
							Number
County	Age (years)
County	Under 3	3-5	5-7	7-9	9-10	10 and over	Total

Carlow	16	22	19	34	10	27	128
Cavan	7	16	25	53	16	33	150
Clare	22	29	70	128	43	67	359
Cork	152	240	337	639	248	313	1,929
Donegal	28	54	68	118	63	69	400
Dublin	756	1,660	1,970	3,595	1,259	1,742	10,982
Galway	45	137	178	257	113	197	927
Kerry	72	48	84	126	39	97	466
Kildare	43	114	162	262	110	179	870
Kilkenny	36	18	33	68	18	29	202
Laois	26	34	36	74	16	34	220
Leitrim	2	11	20	21	8	13	75
Limerick	27	81	128	209	77	154	676
Longford	10	7	18	27	10	17	89
Louth	30	66	89	193	78	99	555
Mayo	24	16	52	93	32	91	308
Meath	69	123	184	411	140	225	1,152
Monaghan	7	14	16	33	7	13	90
Offaly	7	10	34	50	20	46	167
Roscommon	12	22	23	42	16	17	132
Sligo	10	14	33	62	24	40	183
Tipperary	13	30	40	86	32	45	246
Waterford	15	25	55	86	51	49	281
Westmeath	17	41	56	103	39	36	292
Wexford	24	24	44	85	26	67	270
Wicklow	25	43	59	147	36	88	398

Total	1,495	2,899	3,833	7,002	2,531	3,787	21,547

Source: National Transport Authority

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