Results 521-540 of 5,587 for speaker:Kevin Humphreys
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: In the pilot scheme launched recently the permit is still tied to the employer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I followed up that issue. Those responsible will only investigate on foot of a compliant. Both groups clearly stated they would only investigate on foot of a compliant. If a worker's visa is tied to his employer, he or she will not complain.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: There is no clarity on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Dr. Rigney makes an interesting point. I was employed by a progressive employer who was interested in life-long learning and worked with the trade union movement to develop training courses for people as they move through their career and their careers change. At the height of the last boom, quite a number of construction workers moved into the pharmaceutical industry, basically with a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: On the same issue, have the witnesses noticed whether that problem is country-specific or is it everyone outside the 27 member states?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I have noticed it in respect of the US.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I had five queries in the past four weeks to do with specific team leaders for US companies. I was curious to know if it was a problem with US companies only because all the queries to me were US-related.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Is that where the appointments have caused a problem?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Without their passport.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: So they cannot go back to the US.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I had a particular geographical issue. What is being said to me is that they are not making the application now because they want to go home for Christmas and there is no guarantee they will get their passport back in eight weeks. They may have a commitment to go back to New York, San Francisco or wherever. They will not surrender their passport for eight weeks but when they return and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I want to be associated with the comments of Senator Norris on the Order of Business. I know the proposal has been formally seconded but I too had made plans for this evening, plans related to my role as spokesperson on transport, tourism and sport. It does not work well for us in terms of ordering our own business and schedules when the Order of Business is changed at short notice. I have...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: On a point of order, the young lady can be easily identified by Senator Davitt's remarks. It is grossly unfair-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: It is unfair-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: That individual will not be able to defend herself.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: First, I acknowledge the announcement by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, in respect of the proposed legislation on short-term lets. It will have a substantial impact on the housing crisis in the short term. I suggest that the House offers to commence the legislation to endeavour to pass it speedily. I would certainly like it to be passed much...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: The Leader was doing very well.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: We have to compliment the Leader; he was doing really well.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I am speaking on the basis of my experience as someone who entered politics in my 40s, which is quite late in life.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: It is when one considers that many people come into politics straight from school with very little life experience.