Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht
Impact of Covid-19 on the Tourism Sector: Discussion
Ms Jenny De Saulles:
Yes. Just as Mr. Kelly was saying, that will be the huge challenge in bringing people into the industry. We have a careers oversight group and we have been working with the third level education bodies as well as the ETBs on creating a range of easy-to-access training that can bring people into the industry. One of the big challenges we have had with retention in tourism is the perception that there is no career, so we are doing a big piece of work within Fáilte Ireland on continuous development. That is for those in the industry whom we can upskill in order that they can take the opportunities that will come in the future and will be encouraged to stay in the industry because they will believe there will be career progression opportunities for them.
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