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Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: It was submitted in all our names.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: However, it was submitted in all our names.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: This is a vital support for people suffering from dementia and their families.Will he ensure that funding for an increase in the number of dementia advisers will be included in the upcoming 2019 HSE service plan? Nothing less is needed for these families. Will the Minister also commit to building up a national network of dementia advisers in order that there is one in every primary care...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I welcome the Minister to the House. I also acknowledge his previous work of which I have always been an admirer. I ask him to work with the Labour Party on this legislation, which is very important. Discretion is not good enough. It is not good enough for a child to be dependent on whether the Minister, Deputy Harris, or the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, represent his or her constituency in...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I campaigned against that proposal. The lies articulated during that referendum were despicable and it was the forerunner of what we have seen with Trump in the United States. There was no evidence to show that thousands, or even hundreds, of immigrants waiting to run to Holles Street Hospital to have their child so that they might become citizens of Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I wish to raise two issues with the Leader this morning, one being Operation Freeflow. Traffic congestion has become a genuine issue since the recovery, bearing in mind the number of people who have returned to work and the way in which our city centres, in Dublin, Limerick and Cork, have become extremely busy. Peter Horgan has been raising this issue in Cork for a long time. What I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: It was the minimum salaries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: It is €30,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Is Mr. Donohoe putting on his IBEC hat now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I welcome the witnesses. Dr. Trant is getting most of the questions. In my last days in the private sector I negotiated a deal for shop-floor workers which gave an individual education and training budget to the employee as part of the salary package. At the time I was encouraged by SIPTU to go down that line on upskilling and automation in order to be able to see how the jobs will go, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: It is something that the two Departments need to work on together. A high-skilled worker without a permit who returns home might not bother to come back again even though an employer would have made an investment in him or her. There seems to be a gap between the two Departments that needs to be pulled together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Could the committee get clarification on it? It is important that we would do so. We need to hammer that out and if the Department of Justice and Equality is the problem, we will need to follow that up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: To be clear, is this part of the 800 visas under the pilot scheme that was launched, the remuneration for which occupations was €22,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Did that include meat deboners?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: That was a separate document.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Does the €27,500 agreed for them include a shift rate for unsocial hours or was the Department expecting them to work unsocial hours for that rate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Does that include payment for working unsocial hours?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I am not talking about overtime. It is a shift rate for working unsocial hours. Otherwise, there is a depressing cost on the market. If somebody is brought in and paid €27,500 to work unsocial hours and an Irish meat deboner is working for €27,500 in addition to remuneration for working unsocial hours, a shift premium, the Department is causing a problem in respect of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Can I ask a question while Ms Dunne is dealing with the figures? The unemployment rate nationally is just over 5% but many of these positions are located in areas where the unemployment rates are higher. Is the Department ensuring there are opportunities for upskilling into those positions? The meat sector is based in rural Ireland where the unemployment figures are much higher. Is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: What is the inspection regime in respect of the upskilling? How it is done?