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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: ...the regulations that were changed last year with a view to updating them. There are certain difficulties, particularly in the hospitality sector. People are trying to get different types of chef into the country to provide services here. They are not being trained or facilitated here in this country. Such a debate might be possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: ...eating can be achieved. I welcome Mr. Trevor White, who is the author of a best selling restaurant guide but, more important, has written extensively on the matter under discussion and also on chefs, restaurants and the politics of food production in Ireland.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (22 Mar 2016)

Richard Bruton: ...the manner prescribed in legislation. The application in question was refused on 30 October 2015 and the refusal decision was upheld on 12 January 2016 as the specified nature of employment - head chef - was an employment specified in Regulation 26(1) and Schedule 4 of the Employment Permits Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 432 of 2014) for which a General Employment Permit could not be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Qualifications (17 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 3 February 2015, is she will acknowledge a failing in the Quality and Qualifications Ireland system of not awarding qualifications based on a chef's experience (details supplied), length of service and references in the culinary industry; and that this system is causing employment uncertainty for persons, as certificates are needed...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Disputes (2 Jul 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Gino Kenny: I am a former hospital worker, and the Minister will appreciate it when I say that hospital workers are the glue that holds hospitals together. Clerical staff, porters, care assistants, chefs and other hospital workers of that magnitude keep hospitals afloat. The crux of the dispute relates to moneys owed to these 10,000 workers. The matter goes back to 2015 and the job evaluation scheme...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Mairead Farrell: ...left in 2023. He says he has absolutely loved his time there so far but while constant homesickness makes him want to move back home as soon as possible, he just cannot do so. He is a qualified chef who has worked in the best hotels and restaurants in Ireland but he cannot afford to rent a place, let alone even think about buying a house and setting up a life for himself back home. What...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (23 Oct 2018)

John Halligan: ...Technician n/a n/a n/a 86 67 Insurance Practice n/a n/a 67 71 76 International Financial Services Associate n/a n/a n/a 15 3 International Financial Services Specialist n/a n/a n/a 18 2 Total 67 190 148 HOSPITALITY  Commis Chef n/a n/a n/a 25 90 Chef de Partie n/a n/a n/a n/a 24 Total 25 114 ICT ICT Associate Professional Network Technician n/a n/a n/a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (25 Oct 2017)

John Halligan: ...Manufacturing Technology 2017 Manufacturing Engineering 2017 International Financial Services Associate 2017 International Financial Services Specialist 2017 Accounting Technician 2017 Commis Chef Currently approving employers and recruitment of apprentices will commence shortly ICT (Network Engineer) Currently approving employers and recruitment of apprentices will commence shortly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: WorldSkills Competition 2017: Discussion (7 Nov 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...to up one's skills and compete on a world stage. I was reading the newspaper this morning and I saw that Aisling Rock from Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, was named European Young Chef on Monday in Barcelona. I think it is worth mentioning here. This committee has put a great deal of emphasis on the whole area of skills and apprenticeships. We are doing our best to encourage...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Hospitality Sector (30 Jun 2020)

Mr. Adrian Cummins: I see apprenticeships as a way to get people into training and upskill our workforce. As it stands, the model for new apprenticeships like ours, which trains chefs, does not work for the employer. The employer is treated unequally to his or her counterparts in other traditional trades. If a business has to take on an apprentice while he or she is in college, for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (5 May 2022)

Imelda Munster: The situation is so bad now that some restaurants and pubs have to close early or are having to close a few days a week to cope with the shortage. The shortage of chefs is particularly acute. The Minister of State mentioned Fáilte Ireland's tourism careers research. That showed that there is currently a shortage of 40,000 workers in the tourism and hospitality sector, and 30% of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Expansion of the Technological Universities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Paul Kehoe: .... People may differ from me on this even within the hospitality sector but a majority agree with me that there is huge scope here, especially in areas like hotel management, catering, hospitality, cheffing and everything like that. I hope what the Minister offered to the Irish Hotels Federation is only the start of a large suite of packages he and his Department can provide over the next...

Tributes on the Retirement of Members of Staff (16 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: ...who like their dinner in the middle of the day. I often feel sorry for some of the restaurant staff because the requests Deputies make from time to time do not always conform to the wishes of the chef and kitchen staff. Norah deserves great credit for keeping us all well fed and nourished in the application of our duties. I also wish Padraic Donlon a very happy retirement.

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (31 May 2017)

Rónán Mullen: There are other points I can make in the brief time available to me. The Minister of State knows well that the issue of skills in tourism is vital. We need some 5,000 chefs each year between now and 2020. I believe there are some 8,000 pubs and restaurant venues in the State, tourists always have to eat, but there is a big concern among restaurateurs and others about the costs of...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Shane Cassells: ...called for it last year. All of the focus is on the scripted sector but there is a large amount of potential in the unscripted sector as well. I mentioned the value of things such as "Next Level Chef" to the studios in Ashford last year. Where are we with respect to that?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: ...shift she has to clean 30 rooms on her own. It is the industry "standard" that is being applied. We have minimum wage jobs. We got to the bottom of the skills shortages we hear about with regard to chefs. The average wage of a chef in Ireland is €10 an hour. Even the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation has acknowledged that the problem of the skills shortage arose...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Jun 2017)

John Halligan: ...device area and Processing Technologist in the polymer manufacturing area. Subject to successful validation, ten further new programmes are scheduled to commence in 2017, in various occupations including Commis Chef, Accounting Technician, Software Developer and Network Engineer and roles in the international financial services sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants: Discussion (5 Oct 2016) See 1 other result from this debate

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...people in this country who are working on business proposals are in limbo. As a result, we are losing out on potential jobs and investment in business in Ireland. My attention has been drawn to the requirement for a chef to be paid a minimum salary of €30,000 in order to be eligible for an employment permit. While there is a chronic lack of chefs in Ireland, the salary level of...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (28 Nov 2012) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Sherlock: ...some of the historical aspects of the Bill. On Friday, 31 August 2012, Mr. Justice Gerard Hogan of the High Court reversed a Labour Court award of ¤92,000 to Mr. Mohammad Younis, a Pakistani chef, despite finding that he may have been "the victim of the most appalling exploitation by his employer". The judge found that the contract of employment was illegal due to the fact that Mr....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Johnny Mythen: ..., it was brushed under the carpet. It is coming out now. People have left the industry in their droves and have discovered there is more money out there to be earned. I had an example of a sous chef. The main chef left and he was put in charge. He was working until 4 a.m. His relationship with his partner was almost gone; he could not see her. He had to order all the stuff in. It...