Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 7 December 2022
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Paul Kelly:
I will pick up on that initially, and then perhaps Ms De Saulles and others from the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation might respond.
As a State, there is no shortage of the appropriate training courses and college places there for people to access the skills they need to enter the industry. There is no shortage of good employers who, once they get people in, are very good at promoting and developing them. There is no shortage of ongoing continuous professional development opportunities provided by the State through Fáilte Ireland. As a State, we do more than almost anywhere else. Most importantly, this year we have the addition of a world first with our employer excellence programme, which was launched by Ms De Saulles and her team earlier this year. Perhaps Ms De Saulles will give some of the numbers on that because this is a hugely important development, not just in bringing people into the industry and making the industry attractive but also about retaining them in the industry.
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