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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48682/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Applications (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48745/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if disability allowance arrears will issue to a person (details supplied); the details of the amount and arrears due to the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48747/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48982/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49012/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a living alone allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49114/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: The Chair has clarified that there is a set remuneration for these positions and that a permanent position has to be created. I was at the receiving end of this when I was in Australia. I was a sponsored worker and all those parameters of certain conditions and a certain salary applied. I had to be on the list of skilled migration, whatever it was, and the list of skills changed over time....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: Have there been any studies of attracting workers, namely on whether it works? If it applies for a set period, do people move?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: Is there a migration path in those other jurisdictions? Is there a transferral path? I am basing my questions on my own situation, because I am not too au faitwith this. A worker in my situation could work for several years on a sponsorship visa. My visa allowed me to apply for different roles. I qualified on one strand of the visa and the company qualified on another. If I wanted to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: Right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: I understand. I might be going off the point here, but I would like to hear IBEC's opinion on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: I am asking about the situation across the board.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: What about lower-skilled workers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: We are now having to look outside the EU for these workers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: That is how niche this is. I am thinking about agriculture. I represent a lot of constituents in the agricultural sector. I refer to dairy farmers looking for farmhands, labourers, etc. A 55 year old dairy farmer might have to milk 70 or 80 cows. He could take a labourer on and find the labourer is gone within 18 months. He then has to start the whole process again. This is what I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: There is a lot of information and I am trying to take it all in. It is quite interesting and I am reflecting on it. Dr. Rigney is saying that some sort of public commission would set a bar for salaries in a specific sector if we are to offer permits outside the EEA. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: Dr. Rigney is saying that already happens in the cleaning sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: That is across the board. It is a collective agreement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: So Dr. Rigney's proposal is that a similar style would be used again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: Is it because of commercial sensitivity?