The Irish Taxi Drivers' Federation wants the National Transport Authority to provide grants for safety equipment following an attack on a taxi driver in Dublin.
Moses Anyawole, 41, died yesterday after he was assaulted in the early hours of Monday morning.
ITDF president John Usher said the NTA had a significant amount of money raised from taxi drivers' licence fees and some of this should be used to subsidise the price of safety equipment.
He said it would not be possible to make the job of a taxi driver completely safe, but grants should be available for drivers to buy whatever equipment they needed that could improve safety.
Mr Usher said he did not believe the assault on Mr Anyawole had been racially motivated and said all taxi drivers were at risk of attack every time they went to work.
Mr Anyawole, who was originally from Nigeria, had lived in Ireland for almost 12 years.
He worked as a taxi driver in Dublin two or three days a week and spent the rest of his time with his wife and 12-year-old son, and volunteering as a welfare officer in his church.
Mr Anyawole was working around Pearse Street in the early hours of Monday morning when he was assaulted.
A man in his 20s was arrested and later released. A file has been sent to the DPP.
