Media Release, Friday 30 October 2020 Government discrimination of Chauffeur Drive sector revealing itself as Limousine and touring coach sector facing financial ruin The Western Chauffeur Drive Association Ireland (WCDAI) have grave concerns for many…
Chauffeur Drivers complete Drive2Survive to highlight concerns over loss of business
Media Release, Sunday 26 July 2020 More than 50 chauffeur drivers will complete a 400km drive from Killarney to Donegal today to highlight their concerns over the loss of business as a result of Covid-19….
#Drive2Survive
Why the Drive2Survive? From very early on in the WCDAI lobby campaign, it was obvious to us, the committee, that little was known about the chauffeur drive industry, let alone the WCDAI. From our great…
Limousine and chauffeur sector feel impact of Covid crisis
By Cathy Halloran Mid West Correspondent They are an industry which provide an important cog in the wheel of our massive €9 billion international tourist industry, but Covid-19 has made them feel invisible. Hundreds of…
Without Government support insolvency is only months away
Over the weekend the WCDAI committee received unsettling news. One of our members had received disturbing correspondence from a lender. Our member, who is in business for over forty years, runs a viable operation without…
Submission responses from Minister for Finance and Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection
From the WCDAI submission letter on the 13th of June last we have had representation in both Cork West and Galway East. Below is the answers to the three questions we asked: Deputy Holly Cairns asked…
WCDAI Submission response from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
For Written Answer on : 23/06/2020 Question Number(s): 672,700 Question Reference(s): 12315/20 Department: Transport, Tourism and Sport Asked by: Anne Rabbitte T.D. QUESTION * To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport his plans…
Chauffeur companies will not survive 2020 unless inbound tourism resumes
Chauffeur companies will not survive 2020 unless inbound tourism resumes Survey of chauffeur companies shows that members have seen income drop of up to 98% and an average of 87% across the board Western Chauffeur…
Morning Ireland RTE 1 feature WCDAI members and the crisis facing the transport industry at present
Media Release, Friday, 05 December 2020 RTE 1 Morning Ireland – WCDAI secretary Fergal Jordan from Troy Chauffeur drive called on more supports from government for the chauffeur and coach industry. Heres the article in…
Chauffeur drivers call for the same rights as bus and taxi drivers and use of bus lanes in Dublin and major cities
Media Release, Thursday, 28 November 2019 SHANNON, IRELAND – Chauffeur drivers have called on the Government and the National Transport Authority to allow licensed limo drivers the same rights as bus and taxi drivers to…
