Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 July 2022
Committee on Public Petitions
Consideration of Public Petition on Adding Chefs to the Critical Skills List Now to Save Irish Hospitality: Discussion
Mr. Paddy Lynn:
We Have Chefs acquired wehavestaff.combecause we said we want to move into that area as well because more and more positions need to be filled in many industries, although hospitality is mainly our focus. The ineligibility list rules out the majority of employees within hotels, restaurants, front of house and everywhere else. They are just not allowed in, full stop, even on the basis of general skills. Of course you want your céad míle fáilte to be Irish people, if possible. If it cannot be Irish people, then we have to bring in somebody to do that for us in the meantime and integrate their style of welcome into our country. The likes of Mr. Nizam Bin Nayan are warm people. They have the same aspirations for hospitality as we do. It is only an addition.
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