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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: That is okay. To be fair, I pre-empted the answer Ms Dunne was going to give, and I agree, but it is not just restricted to seasonal work permits. Many other workforce sectors face the exact same challenges. The hospitality sector is finding it next to impossible to get cleaning and housekeeping staff and in restaurants, it is front of house and waiting staff. These are all necessary jobs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: It will up to nine months.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: Just to be very clear, because I want to put it on the record, I am not advocating cheap labour. We all want local Irish citizens to be employed and to spread employment to the EEA if there are people available in those countries to be employed. We are acknowledging they are not available to be employed in the horticultural sector. One of the reasons, as Ms Dunne said, is that it is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: That is acknowledged in one sector. I am merely stating that it is not a level playing pitch and that there are other sectors. I referred to care assistants in nursing homes and also to the hospitality sector. I understand 100 permits are being given to the haulage sector to employ people from South Africa and it is having difficulties meeting the numbers that are coming. I am not for one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: I am thinking of the Restaurants Association of Ireland and the Irish Hotels Federation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: I accept that the Department cannot be abreast of the difficulties and challenges across every sector of the economy. I also accept that it is engaging with the parent Departments of the various sectors. I do not believe that there is full appreciation of the serious challenges that exist within the hospitality, haulage and private health sectors. We know the challenges around retaining...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: The figure will be increased.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: I am sorry to interject. With regard to the sectors which I outlined, Ms Dunne mentioned the construction sector. I also should have made reference to it because it faces many challenges. If a need to widen the permit with respect to jobs within these sectors can be demonstrated, would these skills be regarded as critical? What did Ms Dunne call the list?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: There are two lists, the critical skills list and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: Does Ms Dunne have a target date by which the system the Department hopes to develop will be up and running?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: Will Ms Dunne comment on the suggestion that representative bodies such as the Irish Hotels Federation become trusted partners?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: I am talking about small restaurants with one or two employees. They are not going to jump through the hoops of becoming a trusted partner in the hope of getting the right chef or staff member. The Irish Hotels Federation, on the other hand, represents many businesses.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: In recent weeks the House debated the failure of Irish Water to provide a service for the 600,000 people affected by the boil water notice. I wish to highlight, not for the first time, another failure of Irish Water. In Athlone town the water supply has been turned off more often at night than it has been on in the last quarter. This is having a devastating effect on people who are trying...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: What will the Government do to ensure the people of Athlone and the wider area will be guaranteed a continuous water supply, not in three years' time but now?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (14 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of proposals by the OECD (details supplied) based on latest data. [46990/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Fund for Strategic Investments (14 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance the projects which he has identified for drawing down funding from the European Fund for Strategic Investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47061/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Fund for Strategic Investments (14 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of project applications entered under the European Fund for Strategic Investments from 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the number of successful agreements to date; the estimated amount of expected drawdown of funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47062/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (14 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of project applications entered under the European Investment Bank for investment and infrastructure projects from 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the number of successful agreements to date; the estimated amount of expected drawdown of funds annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47063/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (14 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of project applications entered by the State under the European Structural and Investment Funds from 2014 to 2021, in tabular form; the number of successful agreements to date; the estimated amount of expected drawdown of funds; and the number of projects that support business growth and employability, skills development,...