Results 221-240 of 387 for speaker:Michael Murphy
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I am sorry; I mentioned trailers. Of course, I mentioned vehicles as well. Does it apply to trailers also?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: It is just another layer of cost on top of all that other additional cost.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Mr. Hyland mentioned this previously, but does he want to speak a small bit about the consistency across test centres?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I have a few more questions but I will let Deputy Currie in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Was it porter or port?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: We will stick to the matters at hand, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I will let the Vice-Chair, Deputy Moynihan, back in again for three or four minutes. The Deputy will be followed by Deputy Butterly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I have some final questions. Am I correct that the CPC is five modules over five years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Has the CPC course remained the same? When was the CPC course introduced?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Do you see merit in the course?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: What conversations have you had? You have met representatives of the RSA both this year and last year. What views have you expressed and what was the answer you got?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: You had a one-to-one meeting with them in July 2024?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Have you requested a one-to-one meeting to discuss the many issues-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: In 2024.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Without overstepping the mark as Chair, there is merit in having a joint committee hearing with the IRHA and the RSA on what we have heard today. We all want the same outcome. We want to encourage more drivers. We want to make the sector viable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I think there is merit in bringing in the RSA and the IRHA.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: That is for another day.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: My time is limited so I want to focus my final intervention.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I have been of that view for some time. We need to bring it to a head. Regarding the work permit and the licence exchange process, there are nine different steps. To assist me in preparing a number of parliamentary questions that I might ask of the Minister, I have some questions to ask about the detail of those nine steps. In advance of that, I have one other question. You invest...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I presume that can happen.