Results 161-180 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: Has the CPC course remained the same? When was the CPC course introduced?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Do you see merit in the course?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: What conversations have you had? You have met representatives of the RSA both this year and last year. What views have you expressed and what was the answer you got?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: You had a one-to-one meeting with them in July 2024?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Have you requested a one-to-one meeting to discuss the many issues-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: In 2024.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Without overstepping the mark as Chair, there is merit in having a joint committee hearing with the IRHA and the RSA on what we have heard today. We all want the same outcome. We want to encourage more drivers. We want to make the sector viable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I think there is merit in bringing in the RSA and the IRHA.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: That is for another day.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: My time is limited so I want to focus my final intervention.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I have been of that view for some time. We need to bring it to a head. Regarding the work permit and the licence exchange process, there are nine different steps. To assist me in preparing a number of parliamentary questions that I might ask of the Minister, I have some questions to ask about the detail of those nine steps. In advance of that, I have one other question. You invest...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I presume that can happen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I have a few questions. I presume all of the witnesses are familiar with the different steps for these permits and driver exchange. In terms of getting a work permit, I presume this is only with a country with which we have a licence exchange agreement. South Africa is probably the only other one, and Georgia was mentioned as well. Is there the potential to add any other country to that list?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Is Australia part of that exchange agreement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: There is also Georgia. Did somebody mention Moldova as a potential add-on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Is it two sites at €500 each, which comes to €1,000? That is notwithstanding the time delay. For my own benefit, what are the two sites?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: One site is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Yes. Does there need to be a labour market test in the first place? That is a fair point. At the moment, there is a request to advertise on two sites at a cost of €1,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: The next step is probably the one that takes the most time and it can take up to four months. That is through the portal. The haulier engages with a South African driver who has a number of actions to take through the portal. Do the hauliers have access to the portal to see if he has taken those steps in a timely manner?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: It is not that you have access to the portal yourself.