Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses. I congratulate Mr. Clancy on taking up his new role and I also thank Mr. Padraig Cribben, as outgoing chief executive. Mr. Cribben has been before this committee and members will have encountered him as a very effective lobbyist over a long number of years. I congratulate Mr. Clancy and Ms Kealy on their election.

I did bar work as a means to fund my way through college. I learned the trade in The Orphan Girl Bar and Grill, Ballymoney, Gorey, County Wexford, and the life skills that I acquired there have proven very useful in my political life.

Mr. Moynihan and Ms Kealy both run family-run pubs. I know about the difficulties to recruit staff as publicans near my home have told me their personal experiences and how hard it is to find good staff. Can Mr. Moynihan and Ms Kealy outline the difficulties they have encountered when trying to recruit good staff?