Assaults on taxi drivers are not recorded on the Garda PULSE system despite growing concern about drivers’ personal safety.
Simon Harris, who served as Justice Minister until Thursday, confirmed that no records are available for the number of assaults on drivers for the last five years in response to a parliamentary question from Fine Gael TD Emer Higgins.
She had asked the Minister for a breakdown of the number of complaints of assault made by taxi drivers while on duty for each of the years 2018 to 2023.
