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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: .... When I to places like Westport, the first thing I do is book the restaurants I would like to go to because of the demand. That demand arises from the phenomenal work being done by restaurant owners and chefs in this country, together with the fantastic agrifood and fish suppliers that feed into this industry, which employs tens of thousands of people. The Restaurants Association of...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with European Youth Forum, Education and Training Boards Ireland and Irish Congress of Trade Unions (8 Jun 2017)

...is they have been very much associated with blue-collar activities. We are now developing apprenticeships in white collar activities such as insurance brokerage, the legal profession, commis chef and other activities in the hospitality sector. We are broadening things considerably. This week, one course to become a commis chef is almost over the line and will be announced shortly....

Obesity Levels: Statements (1 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Devins: ...to Don Rice and his catering staff in the Houses of the Oireachtas for putting healthy options on the menu, the take-up of which has been tremendous. Why can every restaurant not do the same? Chefs are the experts in the caloric content of a meal and are well able to put one healthy option on every restaurant menu, allowing people to know a low-calorie meal is available when they eat...

Topical Issue Debate: School Completion Programme (10 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: ...I was impressed by what I saw. There were young men and women who are interested in what they are learning in these situations around cooking, for which they fortunately have a Ballymaloe trained chef, and woodwork. They have an excellent sculptor too. It is important when we bring children back into the educational system that we make available subjects that are of interest to them and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (11 Sep 2017)

John Halligan: ...have been developed in Insurance Practice, Industrial Electrical Engineering, Polymer Processing Technology, Manufacturing Technology, Manufacturing Engineer, Accounting Technician, Commis Chef and two programmes in International Financial Services (Associate & Specialist). Further new apprenticeships are to be submitted for validation to Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) in...

Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (16 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...safe to allow only a small proportion of bars in this country to open when this means those bars will be more crowded. Will she please explain to me the logic that because there are kitchens in those bars and properly accredited chefs - it is important that chefs are properly accredited and that there are standards - that somehow provides safety from the transmission of Covid? I accept...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2023)

Maria Byrne: ...follow on the words of a young apprentice called Jodie Whyte from Johnson & Johnson in Limerick. She was nominated for the Apprentice of the Year award recently. Jodie started her career as a chef and is now participating in an apprentice programme to be an engineer. This is something that is close to the Acting Leader's own heart, which is encouraging women to participate in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Tourism Industry: Discussion (17 Dec 2014)

Tom Fleming: ...and Skills and Social Protection and the Apprenticeship Council? I am sure the federation can identify the skills sets required in the industry and the employment opportunities for commis chefs, bartenders and other skilled staff. There is a need for a proactive approach. Now that the Celtic tiger is long gone, the natives have dropped out of the hospitality industry and the younger...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism and Competitiveness Strategy: Discussion (9 Nov 2016) See 1 other result from this debate

..., but we intend to make the first allocation under the scheme before Christmas. Let me confirm clearly that there has been no abdication of responsibility on our part in the training of chefs. We invest about €4 million a year across ten institutes of technology, fuelling upwards of 500 chefs per annum. In addition, we are working with the Irish Hotels Federation and others in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Sep 2017)

John Halligan: ...following its first call for proposals, in Insurance Practice, Industrial Electrical Engineering, Polymer Processing Technology, Manufacturing Technology, Manufacturing Engineer, Accounting Technician, Commis Chef and two programmes in International Financial Services (Associate & Specialist). Further new apprenticeships are to be submitted for validation to Quality and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (12 Jul 2018)

John Halligan: ...503 678 322 FINANCE Accounting Technician 0 0 0 86 1 Insurance Practice 0 0 67 71 3 International Financial Services Associate 0 0 0 15 0 International Financial Services Specialist 0 0 0 18 0 Total 0 0 67 190 4 HOSPITALITY  Commis Chef 0 0 0 25 45 Total 0 0 0 25 45 MOTOR Agricultural Mechanics 38 59 43 45 15 Construction Plant Fitting 56 77 59 86 33 Heavy...

Youth Employment: Motion [Private Members] (19 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: ..., it is self-paying and self-fulfilling. Many sectors are crying out for labour, one of which is tourism and hospitality. The Restaurants Association of Ireland has an ambitious proposal to train chefs because there is a shortage in the economy. On the one hand, the Government is investing significant money with, for example, the 9% VAT rate costing the Exchequer €330 million...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (6 Jul 2022)

Simon Harris: ...Brick and Stone laying Less than 5 Butcher Less than 5 Carpentry and Joinery 26 30 Commis Chef Less than 5 Less than 5 Construction Plant Fitting Less than 5 Less than 5 Electrical 44 93 Electrical...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (1 Jun 2011)

David Norris: ..., I know well the phrase, "If you cannot stand the heat, get out of the kitchen". Senator O'Donovan will be well able to stand the heat, as I am. What I did not realise was that it was Celebrity Chef Kitchen and I was going to have filthy language, knives and plates thrown at me. I doubt if this will ever happen to Senator O'Donovan, given his charming manner. Senator O'Donovan was also...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (8 Feb 2012)

James Reilly: ...Care Group Specialist 1 Caretaker 12 Casualty Officer 1 Catering Officer Grade I 2 Catering Officer, Grade II 4 Catering Supervisor 2 Catering/Cleaner/Assistant 40 Chaplain 5 Chargehand 3 Chef I 10 Chef II 8 Chef, Senior 2 Chief Executive Officer 2 Child Care Manager 9 Chiropodist/ Podiatrist 1 Cleaner 6 Clerical Officer 131 Clerk of Works 1 Clinical Nurse...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

..., we have centralised all of our catering into one, so there is no distinction between, for instance, the officers dining in Athlone barracks and the enlisted personnel dining in Athlone barracks. Chefs work weekends to cater whoever is in those barracks. It is a wider issue of work-life balance that we are trying to address. We have not addressed all of the problems or issues and we...

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (17 Nov 2005)

John O'Donoghue: .... As I understood them, these comments are broadly positive. Indeed, in the words of the author, the Bridgestone Guide purports to "sing the good news that we have world-class cooking, world-class chefs and world-class hospitality". People's tastes differ on many things and this is certainly true of food and hospitality critics. In that context, the fact that the author in researching his...

Written Answers — Job Initiative: Job Initiative (18 Apr 2012)

Joan Burton: ...which have commenced since the 1 July 2011, 2% of the internships are occupations associated with catering sector and hotels. In addition to catering assistants; accommodation assistants; chefs and event co-ordinators roles; these figures also relate to support and administrative functions within the catering sector and hotel sector, including for example clerical, marketing, quality...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...a nurse, for example - to buy a new home in Dublin. It will help a single person on €36,000 to buy a new home in Cork. Our studies have shown that the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme is helping chefs, carpenters and lorry drivers to buy homes. We are helping people to buy homes. We are not relying on the market for these purposes. We are putting taxpayers' money in to drive...