Taxi drivers have insisted that it is fair to start charging customers €2 to book a cab through the Mytaxi mobile app.
The National Transport Authority (NTA) approved the optional charge for customers who are not hailing taxis on the street but the management of Mytaxi had urged drivers to waive it.
However the company has had to deal with complaints from workers since it took over Hailo in March. In an attempt to placate them, it announced that it would lift the block on the booking fee from yesterday.
Jim Waldron, spokesman for the National Private Hire & Taxi Association, said that the charge covered the cost of travelling to pick up a passenger.
“The charge pays for the convenience to the customer, who