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:

This is a long-standing hotel that has been in operation for generations. It is not a permanent change. This is temporary. It will have a Thai restaurant for ten years and then after that it might go back to an Irish traditional restaurant. What we need now is for the bodies to come in to reignite the stability of the hospitality industry. After that, we can take them back of the critical skills list, if needs be.

I will address the ineligibility list.