The NI Taxi industry deserves better support

Comments

#401

I disagree with the payment as it is to low

Michael White (Belfast, 2020-11-01)

#402

Taxi drivers need more support

Kieran Garland (Belfast, 2020-11-01)

#403

Taxi drivers have helped me out for most of my life and I believe they should be looked after now!

Paul McCluskey (Belfast, 2020-11-01)

#404

I am signing because I’m a taxi driver with breathing problems and have not been working since march

Kevin Mcmahon (Randalstown, 2020-11-01)

#407

I am a taxi driver

Terry Leneghan (Belfast, 2020-11-01)

#418

Taxi drivers need more support

Peter Robinson (Belfast, 2020-11-01)

#419

Because i only became a self employed taxi driver i january and am one of the people that fell through the cracks of all the other schemes

Danielle Hawthorne (LISBURN, 2020-11-01)

#424

She needs to show taxi drivers respect and treat them with dignity rember were all this together.

Brian Neeson (Belfast, 2020-11-01)

#430

I am a struggling taxi driver

paul fenton (Belfast, 2020-11-01)

#431

NI Exec has not supported all businesses affected by pandemic despite ordering them to closw

fergal stewart (Belfast, UK, 2020-11-01)

#435

Taxi drivers are being treated extremely unfairly... They have huge overheads before food is put in their tables never mind utility bills and the roof over their heads

Martina Smith (Belfast, 2020-11-01)

#436

It’s a joke taxi men rip use
Of when we’re drunk but at the same time they still need help And there over looked

Tommy Malcolm (Belfast, 2020-11-01)

#438

Should be gettin more money than that

Ciaran Campbell (BELFAST, 2020-11-01)

#439

I'm a taxi man who has struggled for the last 7 months,

Sean Malcolm Malcolm (Belfast, 2020-11-01)

#440

If we taxi drivers don't get paid more it's a complete joke,very soon I will leaving the taxi industry, in debt massively and have to fork out 1300 pound for my car as it broke down,and guess what I don't have any money so it is a simple decision to leave taxiing and give my car back as I am stressed to the max

Brendan Mc namee (Belfast, 2020-11-01)

#442

No money only outs no ins

Ciaran Lennon (Lurgan, 2020-11-01)

#447

My husband is a taxi driver and for 7 months now he has been able to earn very little. Was out every day but paying more out than bringing in. £1500 does not cover 7 months of no salary

Susanne McCorry (DOWNPATRICK, 2020-11-01)

#450

I’m in support of these hard working people Struggling to keep families, homes & to try & reduce the stress & mental well-being they are enduring during these hard & scary times

Paul O'Kane (Belfast, 2020-11-01)

#451

Times are difficult, no work with bars and clubs etc closed

Colin Parker (Lisburn, 2020-11-01)

#452

I feel utterly let down by this absolutely unacceptable offer.
Six months of little or no earnings only to be offered this, shameless!

Marc Foster (NEWTOWNABBEY, 2020-11-01)

#459

I feel the amount isn't enough. Taxi drivers have been failed during this and it needs properly addressed and payments made inline with costs and help received by other industries . I also feel that the help being provided needs to be accessible to all with less restrictions.

Leanne Mcaree (Belfast, 2020-11-01)

#461

I think the way the taxi industry is being treated is disgusting

Gary MC donnell (Belfast, 2020-11-02)

#477

I'm signing because my husband is a taxi driver and its unfair they aren't being treated the same as other business sectors and as furloughed staff in the initial lockdown period too

Amanda Johnston (Lisburn, 2020-11-02)

#480

its not enough support

eamonn tierney (Londonderry, 2020-11-02)

#481

George Boyd

George Boyd (Belfast, 2020-11-02)

#483

£1500 is a disgrace!!

Aaron Graham (Belfast, 2020-11-02)

#489

I am signing up to show my disagreement about the small support we have getting in from the infrastructure minister Nichola Mallon. As a taxi driver we deserve much more at least £5000-£10000 like small business

Daro Zada (Belfast, 2020-11-02)

#491

I need some money to pay bills that are outstanding

Stanley Mclaughlin (Ballymena, 2020-11-02)

#492

Because the need help

Joe McKeown (Belfast, 2020-11-02)

#493

I'm signing because taxi drivers, who provide a much needed service, have been forgotten about since the pandemic destroyed our supply chain overnight.

Neil McKee (Belfast, 2020-11-02)

#494

Because I am a taxi driver which has been struggling through this pandemic, and I think £1500 is not enough financial help.

Michael Robinson (Belfast, 2020-11-02)

#497

As a taxi driver of 30 urs it’s disgusting they are letting this happen to us , if it were France or Germany the taxi drivers would bring every city to standstill until they get paid a better deal to match PAYE 80% of our gross loft per year it should have been all along

Mark McCullough (Belfast, 2020-11-02)

#500

Our taxi drivers have been forgot about in the current Covid crisis.

Susan Gault (ballymena, 2020-11-02)

#504

my partner is a struggling taxi driver finding it really hard mentally also

carol reynolds (belfast, 2020-11-02)

#505

My brother is a taxi driver.

Laura Johnston (Belfast, 2020-11-02)

#510

This payment is a farce, monthly overheads out weigh the payment not to mention earning a living.They close the place down and don"t compensate us fully yet they get all their salary and expenses complete joke!

Martin MCKeown (Belfast, 2020-11-02)

#512

Charlie rodgers

Charlie Rodgers (Belfast, 2020-11-02)

#519

I'm a taxi driver who's really on the bread line , don't want to be rolling in riches but would like my bills covered .

Kevin Mc Brearty (Newtownstewart, 2020-11-02)

#522

I think the amount allocated to taxi drivers is an insult. It barely covers my overheads for one month on the road. I'm struggling, my family is struggling. We, as an transportation industry deserve better.

Barry Mcmahon (Lurgan, 2020-11-02)

#523

I am a taxi driver . And I think it's unfair the way the government are treating us (the taxi drivers) . Taxi drivers matter .

David Shaw (Belfast, 2020-11-02)

#530

The amount is low and unfair. To the tax man we are sole traders and because of that we should be able to avail of the small business grant of 10k but we were locked out of it.

Paul Johnston (Belfast, 2020-11-02)

#532

I am a self employed taxi driver

Amanda Foster (Carrickfergus, 2020-11-02)

#534

Because I am a taxi driver who does nights.
With no bars restaurant or any cinema or travel I have no work

John Bird (Newry, 2020-11-02)

#536

This is terrible when others got 80% of their earnings during furlough and taxi men/women got nothing.

Diane Tierney Mc Callion (Derry, 2020-11-02)

#539

This is a very low amount , which only covers 4 weeks of over heads . Government has failed to help this industry. We need help now not weeks later . Now

Tommy Flanagan (Belfast, 2020-11-02)

#545

The offer to taxi drivers equates to less than 200 month for all the time they have reduced services. Again we see another self employed sector excluded and undervalued

Caroline Rice (Co fermanagh, 2020-11-02)

#550

I am down £1500 for October alone let alone the previous 6 months

Tony Philip (Lisburn, 2020-11-02)

#558

Good luck to the taxi drivers #excludedNI tax Payers

John Mulholland (Whitehead, 2020-11-02)

#559

Need better support

Robert Mahaffy (NEWTOWNABBEY, 2020-11-02)

#566

Didn't qualify for 80% or 70% back of earnings as didn't have the 3 years tax returns.

Dave Murtagh (BELFAST, 2020-11-03)

#567

This is a shame, insulted to say the least

Gary Stitt (Belfast, 2020-11-03)

#573

Taxi drivers deserve same conditions applied to small businesses.

Elsie Johnston (Carrickfergus, 2020-11-03)

#574

Far to little support for taxi drivers in this pandemic compared to similar industries.

David Harris (Belfast, 2020-11-03)

#577

Before covid i used taxi a lot.

Brenda Moneypenny (Belfast, 2020-11-03)

#583

You can't expect people to live on less than £10 perday

Aidan McAleer (omagh, 2020-11-04)

#595

I am a taxi driver who agrees with this petition.

Desmond Cassidy (Belfast, 2020-11-04)

#597

Im a taxi driver and we have no income

RUAIRI MCDONALD (Castlewellan, 2020-11-05)

#598

Nicola, you know where I'm coming from when I say this! "For most of my life in this Country I have been treated like a Second Class Citizen" this offer whilst it's a little bit of help it doesn't go far enough, through the self employed scheme, we didn't get 80% of gross, we got 80% of net, this means we cannot live, we still have our costs, overheads, the bills keep coming weekly monthly, and need paid.

How can we pay them? The Local Government Ministers have shut the place down again, Hospitality sector, bars, clubs, restaurants the list goes on Local people are staying at home as asked 🙄 so our services have come to a complete halt.

HELP, HELP, HELP, HELP IS WHAT WE DESPERATELY NEED NOW.

I have now, changed from eating 3 small meals per day to eating once per day this morning I had a half bowl of cornflakes with no milk, tomorrow I have left out 2 slices of bread, I'll toast them over the fire, and I hope that I can scrape enough jam of the sides of the pot.

I have not shaved, for a number of weeks now, I can't afford to buy razor blades, I'm struggling Nicola to continue writing i could go on and on BUT REALLY I THINK IT'S A WAIST OF MY TIME AS YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES OTHER MINISTERS AND POLITICAL PARTIES DON'T CARE.

Depression is a terrible thing many of the men and women within our industry are just about bearing up, but many are now nearing the end,.I've spoken to a few colleagues and pleaded with them to hang on in their so many of us our thinking it is not worth living on this planet anymore, when you can't provide then you decide is it time.

Things would be much better up above than trying to struggle through this Depression and deprived 3rd world Country, people in the third world would be much better of today.

I'm sorry but unfortunately there is no light at the end of the tunnel, it just getting darker and darker and the big hole is getting deeper and deeper.

I shall leave there as the only people who seem to care and have an interest is those who work within the industry.

Take care.

Paul Donnelly (Crumlin, 2020-11-05)



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