Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I refer to the long-term retention of employees in the industry. That is why Fáilte Ireland is developing an excellent employer programme to showcase good employers across the industry and to help businesses improve their employer practices and reputation.

The programme aims to reposition the industry as an appealing and rewarding place to work which can attract and retain talent. Participating businesses will have access to people management training for their teams, employee surveys and a range of bespoke business supports as well as the opportunity to become a certified top employer thereby enhancing their employer brand and supporting their recruitment and retention.

Fáilte Ireland is also working through a recruitment awareness campaign to drive the awareness of a variety of roles available and it is launching a multiplatform recruitment campaign with an allocation of €600,000 to promote the unique benefits of working in the industry targeting people from the ages of 16 to 60.

On Deputy Munster's general question, as the Deputy will be aware, the matters around the living wage and the minimum wage are being led by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Deputy will have opportunities to engage with the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Varadkar, on that but the Government has followed through on the independent wage commission's report, which was published last year.

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