Results 721-740 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: I thank the witnesses from both organisations for their presentations. I am conscious of the fact many non-EEA workers are from countries such as Egypt, Ghana and the Philippines. How many interpreters have the organisations hired to carry out this work over the 18 months to date?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: How does Ms Buckley know?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: We have been speaking about how people express their concerns if they cannot speak the language, and the Chairman expressed it well. I am very surprised by this. I have a lot of respect for the WRC as a former trade union official. I would have thought the first thing it would realise when undertaking a project such as this is it would need to have some level of language assistance. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: I find it really strange it has not come up as an issue, given that I know from experience, and the ITF would have told the WRC, that language is a key issue in this regard. This leads to my next question. The WRC has had two meetings with the ITF over a 21 month period. That strikes me as being-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: It informed me the number was two.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: How would the witnesses describe the level of engagement with the ITF? It offered to provide expert witnesses with regard to reports it provided last year, but the WRC refused. Why did the WRC refuse?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: The WRC has accepted the information.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: Forgive me, but with respect, the witnesses have not answered the question I asked, which is why the WRC turned down the ITF's offer to act as expert witnesses with regard to the reports it gave the WRC in May, June and August of last year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: How much money has the WRC recovered for fishers over the past 20 months?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: What stand out a mile are the 70 boats out of 159 with no records in the cases that are open. I am shocked by this. Were the witnesses shocked by this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: The graph says no records, which is why I asked the question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: I thank the witnesses for the information provided, which has been very helpful. Are Egyptian, Ghanaian and Filipino among the languages used on the Workplace Relations Commission website?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: The website is of very little use in that case.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: That is a fair point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: I do not know if that is the case but many of the Ghanian officials who were here had very little English. To take the figures provided by Ms Buckley, which I believe to be conservative, they suggest there are a minimum of 300 undocumented fishermen. Ms Buckley was also very honest when she stated the Workplace Relations Commission will probably have to reduce the number of inspections it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: I accept it is an estimate, but Ms Buckley's own report states that the figure is likely to be closer to the 42%.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: That is what the Ms Buckley has in her document.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: I accept that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: On one final point of clarity, can Ms Buckley confirm how many work permits have been issued this year and last year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017)
Paul Gavan: I thank Ms Buckley.