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In 2013, there were 21,901 small public service vehicles (SPSVs) licensed to operate. More than half of these were based in Dublin.

Wheelchair accessible taxis and hackneys represented 4.2% (916) of the total small public service vehicles in 2013.

Table 10.1 Number of small public service vehicles by type, 2007-2013
						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

* Not available
Source: National Transport Authority

Table 10.2 Age profile of small public service vehicle fleet by type, 2013
						Number
Age	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total

Under 1 year	28	35	193	3	0	259
1 to < 2 years	46	41	453	4	3	547
2 to < 3 years	60	39	595	20	2	716
3 to < 4 years	85	39	1,320	8	1	1,453
4 to < 5 years	102	32	1,052	12	0	1,198
5 to < 6 years	259	129	1,672	73	4	2,137
6 to < 7 years	472	206	2,860	125	3	3,666
7 to < 8 years	414	186	2,640	113	2	3,355
8 to < 9 years	385	105	2,468	112	1	3,071
9 to < 10 years	259	91	1,641	82	1	2,074
Over 10 years	422	413	2,243	346	1	3,425

Total	2,532	1,316	17,137	898	18	21,901

Source: National Transport Authority

Table 10.3 Number of small public service vehicles by type and county of licensing, 2013
							Number and rate
County	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total	% of national SPSV fleet	% of population 2011

Carlow	31	3	90	9	0	133	0.6	1.2
Cavan	66	2	87	6	0	161	0.7	1.6
Clare	128	49	176	7	1	361	1.6	2.6
Cork	411	152	1,356	70	3	1,992	9.1	11.3
Donegal	198	21	170	15	0	404	1.8	3.5
Dublin	67	378	10,316	383	0	11,144	50.9	27.7
Galway	179	62	645	48	2	936	4.3	5.5
Kerry	136	97	219	17	0	469	2.1	3.2
Kildare	136	79	614	53	0	882	4.0	4.6
Kilkenny	31	12	152	19	0	214	1.0	2.1
Laois	48	12	145	23	1	229	1.0	1.8
Leitrim	27	6	38	6	0	77	0.4	0.7
Limerick	101	68	499	21	1	690	3.2	4.2
Longford	25	4	57	6	0	92	0.4	0.8
Louth	58	32	442	32	1	565	2.6	2.7
Mayo	136	30	145	12	0	323	1.5	2.8
Meath	80	78	909	54	1	1,122	5.1	4.0
Monaghan	61	9	10	8	0	88	0.4	1.3
Offaly	86	13	62	8	2	171	0.8	1.7
Roscommon	79	15	34	10	0	138	0.6	1.4
Sligo	22	14	130	11	2	179	0.8	1.4
Tipperary	186	35	33	3	2	259	1.2	3.5
Waterford	37	49	193	17	0	296	1.4	2.5
Westmeath	31	13	228	26	0	298	1.4	1.9
Wexford	89	33	130	19	2	273	1.2	3.2
Wicklow	83	50	257	15	0	405	1.8	3.0

Total	2,532	1,316	17,137	898	18	21,901	100.0	100.0

Source: National Transport Authority

Table 10.4 Number of small public service vehicles by type and main make, 2013
						Number
Make	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total

Audi	31	24	136	0	0	191
Beauford	0	13	0	0	0	13
Bentley	0	21	0	0	0	21
BMW	18	105	137	0	0	260
Carbodies	0	11	0	0	0	11
Chevrolet	6	2	104	0	0	112
Chrysler	11	100	82	0	0	193
Citroen	22	1	160	13	1	197
Daewoo	1	1	6	0	0	8
Daimler	0	20	0	0	0	20
Fiat	27	3	76	214	2	322
Ford	465	29	1,895	74	5	2,468
Honda	11	0	226	0	0	237
Hyundai	67	12	421	0	0	500
Jaguar	1	15	7	0	0	23
Kia	51	5	287	0	0	343
Land Rover	3	18	0	0	0	21
Lexus	3	56	45	0	0	104
Lincoln	0	27	0	0	0	27
Mazda	11	1	203	0	0	215
Mercedes-Benz	169	662	759	46	0	1,636
Mitsubishi	8	3	65	0	0	76
Nissan	94	1	972	176	2	1,245
Opel	42	1	285	9	1	338
Peugeot	52	1	110	14	0	177
Renault	44	1	328	22	0	395
Rolls-Royce	0	33	0	0	0	33
Rover	2	6	16	0	0	24
Saab	5	0	22	0	0	27
Seat	37	0	66	0	0	103
Skoda	244	11	2,744	0	0	2,999
Ssangyong	9	3	145	0	0	157
Subaru	1	0	6	0	0	7
Suzuki	3	0	8	0	0	11
Toyota	638	16	6,108	115	1	6,878
Vauxhall	10	1	122	1	0	134
Volkswagen	438	57	1,546	214	6	2,261
Volvo	6	15	43	0	0	64
Other makes	2	41	7	0	0	50

Total	2,532	1,316	17,137	898	18	21,901

Source: National Transport Authority

Table 10.5 Number of small public service vehicles by county and age of vehicle, 2013
							Number
County	Age (years)
County	Under 3	3-5	5-7	7-9	9-10	10 and over	Total

Carlow	20	15	32	28	13	25	133
Cavan	16	9	38	50	17	31	161
Clare	19	30	108	112	37	55	361
Cork	161	203	573	618	141	296	1,992
Donegal	25	50	95	137	44	53	404
Dublin	787	1,537	2,914	3,264	1,061	1,581	11,144
Galway	48	135	240	254	102	157	936
Kerry	59	42	139	101	32	96	469
Kildare	48	105	228	262	91	148	882
Kilkenny	27	20	61	53	24	29	214
Laois	20	37	55	62	14	41	229
Leitrim	3	13	20	17	6	18	77
Limerick	31	82	164	197	72	144	690
Longford	10	13	19	29	9	12	92
Louth	32	57	151	173	56	96	565
Mayo	19	24	71	87	36	86	323
Meath	68	93	301	347	118	195	1,122
Monaghan	7	7	32	20	5	17	88
Offaly	3	13	39	57	15	44	171
Roscommon	17	17	41	37	6	20	138
Sligo	11	14	46	58	18	32	179
Tipperary	15	19	68	80	28	49	259
Waterford	16	30	77	99	28	46	296
Westmeath	19	25	101	101	25	27	298
Wexford	18	27	70	75	31	52	273
Wicklow	23	34	120	108	45	75	405

Total	1,522	2,651	5,803	6,426	2,074	3,425	21,901

Source: National Transport Authority

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