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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will follow up on that point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: When will the cliff edge come?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Why is that the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would those prices not already have dropped by 20%?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would those prices not already have dropped?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: How does the taxsaver ticket scheme work?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Has the CTTC been able to quantify how much of the business of its members is coming through that taxsaver area?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The CTTC will, through its members, be doing further empirical work.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The committee is available too. This is a matter we will take up. It is all about timing. It seems things are unfolding now. We do not wish for this to lead to the loss of jobs. I am in favour of supporting people who are trying to create and provide jobs. Career paths and incomes were raised by Senator Dooley, and I get that. Mr. Conway mentioned a second area of funding, additional to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: On the area of skills shortages, my understanding is that coach drivers are not currently covered under the work permit scheme that is coming in through the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the RSA. If a driver from, say, South Africa wants to come here, that facility is not there for the industry. How big an issue for the organisation’s members is bringing in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I previously proposed that the category D licence be looked at but Bus Éireann, which awards the contracts, was not willing to go into that space. How great a shortage of bus drivers is there in the sector? If Mr. Conway could give a percentage, by what extent is it lacking bus drivers? What capacity is not being fulfilled?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Could Mr. Conway put a figure on the number of drivers by which the industry is short?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is it a matter the council has taken up with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to see whether the industry can qualify for the recognition of foreign driving licences?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What feedback has it got?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is it important to the council that it happen?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: South Africa, for example.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Crowley referred to recruiting on the Irish side. Can the industry recruit people to become drivers at present?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Even if foreign drivers are being brought in, that takes a period as well, given we are hearing that in respect of HGVs. Representatives of the RSA appeared before the committee last week. Does the council have no interaction with the RSA?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I refer to licensing. Bus drivers would have to be licensed by the NTA.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is Mr. Crowley referring to engagements in respect of foreign driving licences?