Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion

Photo of Tom NevilleTom Neville (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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That is how niche this is. I am thinking about agriculture. I represent a lot of constituents in the agricultural sector. I refer to dairy farmers looking for farmhands, labourers, etc. A 55 year old dairy farmer might have to milk 70 or 80 cows. He could take a labourer on and find the labourer is gone within 18 months. He then has to start the whole process again. This is what I am talking about in practical terms.