Results 181-200 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: It had to do with the issuing of photographs and that kind of technical issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Is that ironed out now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Another €1,000 and, again, it takes four to five months. You cannot apply for the permit and the visa at the same time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: That is €1,000 for the visa. What is the permit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Is there a cost for that? Is it €1,000 again? Does anyone know?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: He gets the permit. He gets the visa. He cannot get the visa until he gets the permit. Then he has to apply for a PPS number to Revenue. Can he apply for the PPS number when he is actually here in Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: So, the individual gets the permit, then gets the visa and then gets the PPS number. Does he not have to get a residency card then?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I might work with the IRHA directly to obtain any additional information I want before I table the parliamentary questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: If he goes through all of those steps and is working for Mr. Drennan for two months-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Just as I am about to wrap up the meeting, in walks the great Senator Clifford-Lee. Does she want a couple of minutes to ask questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: It would be really good to follow up on the driver shortage, the skills shortage. If there are improvements regarding the pathways, could they be sent to us? They might prompt us, as members, to submit parliamentary questions to help with our engagement with the Minister next time he is in the committee room. There is strong merit in having a committee meeting with officials from the RSA...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Do the delegates intend to have a pre-budget submission?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Do they tend to launch such documents in the surroundings of Leinster House? What is the plan?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: There is an opportunity to launch the pre-budget submission in the audiovisual room of Leinster House at the invitation of a Member, for example. Yesterday, today and tomorrow will have seen so many pre-budget submissions launched in Buswells by so many organisations. I make no secret of the fact that I am a big fan of the IRHA and the work it does. The IRHA should have a think about this....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: We are close to a thousand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: We are at 1,300 approximately.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: There you go. The numbers show the importance of the IRHA. I thank Mr. Hyland and his colleagues for assisting the committee on this important matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I want to go through all of the steps. Step two is a Department of Social Protection requirement, which is the labour market test. It is my understanding that hauliers have to advertise the role on two sites for 28 days at a cost of €1,000. There was some suggestion that one site would be fine and that there is no need for two sites.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: The driver gets the permit and the haulier then has to apply to the Department of Justice for a visa.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I can see it is dog eat dog. If someone else gives a driver an offer or he gets friendly with another driver, working for somebody else, who says over a cup of coffee that he is getting €100 more per week, before you know it that is the start of it.