Just four local applications have been made to take part in a new pilot rural hackney scheme.
The subsidized service is part of a NTA scheme and would cover 21 locations including Ballinalee in Longford and Elphin in Roscommon.
All drivers will be licensed, insured and Garda vetted and will be able to pick people up from their doors to drop them to where they want to go.
The initiative will operate on a pre-booked basis, with hackneys able to pick up passengers within a designated area of 7 to 10 km from a chosen point, with the drop off point having no restrictions.
The deadline for people to register their interest for the paid job is the end of February with applications already open since early January.
3 applications have been received in Ballinalee while just 1 has gone through in Elphin.
Catherine McGrath from the Elphin Day Centre has urged those in a position to offer the service to join the programme.
"The only option I can do if I can't get them to come in is to send them out and deliver meals on wheels to them but it would be more beneficial if they could actually come into the centre and avail of the activities and meet people. It's grand sending them out their dinners or groceries to them but it's nothing compared to if they were able to come. If we had the hackney service it'd be fantastic. I have to refuse people because I have no way of getting them in".
