Results 421-440 of 581 for chefs

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

Gerald Nash: ...context of the existing public sector pay agreement and within the architecture of successive public sector pay agreements. This is essentially about ensuring that our health care assistants, porters, chefs and other critical support staff grades across our hospital service are given just reward for the work they do. Their roles were independently and objectively assessed by experts in...

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2022) See 3 other results from this debate

Garret Ahearn: ...for more than ten years and noted there was always a different policy on tips no matter where I worked. In some places, the bar or restaurant staff took them, and in others they were shared by chefs or management. In my time, there always seemed to be a different policy for every place of employment in the hospitality sector. As the Tánaiste said, this Bill is about bringing...

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Feb 2012)

Feargal Quinn: ...with the Minister at the launch of the city of sciencewhich will take place in the summer. If a business is relying on a scientist or, to use Senator Leyden's example, if a hotel is relying on a chef, and the scientist or chef is out sick and have to be replaced, the replacements might not have the same talent, qualifications or ability. If there is a doubt about how much they are to be...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)

Mick Wallace: ...to a person who lays them. That is different as the intern would be replacing somebody the builder would have had to pay as a labourer. Likewise, a person may get a job in a kitchen where a chef can teach that person to cook, which would be beneficial as an experience. However, an employer may have that intern chopping carrots and parsnips all the time, which means he or she is learning...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Exports (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...Bia works with Irish processors with retail listings in China to inform consumers through in-store tastings and leaflets in Chinese on the species, health benefits and recipe ideas on Irish seafood and also with the Chinese media and chefs. Chinese and Japanese customers are encouraged to visit Ireland and have been invited to the September conference - ‘Our Food Our Future,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (30 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: ...Over the lifetime of the Action Plan, 50,000 people will be registered on apprenticeship and traineeship programmes representing a doubling of current activity. Work is progressing on the development of a new Commis Chef Apprenticeship led by the Irish Hotels Federation and the Restaurants Association of Ireland working with Kerry Education and Training Board. It is planned that this...

Seanad: Transport and Tourism: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Maria Byrne: ...the additional number of visitors was 2.19 million. Many people are employed in the tourist sector, but I am very concerned about the skills shortage, in particular those with culinary skills, chefs and so on. I ask the Minister to examine this area. I have raised issues with the Minister on the Wild Atlantic Way and Ireland's Ancient East. I proposed that Limerick city should be added...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Mar 2017)

Denis O'Donovan: ...received notice from Senator Maria Byrne of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns from the hospitality industry regarding the shortage of qualified chefs and other associated skills in the hospitality sector. I have also received notice from Senators Jennifer Murnane O’Connor of the following matter:The need for the Minister for...

Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...Thurles where students are trained in everything from bed repairs for hotel maintenance and the cleaning of rooms in hotels to operating massive bulldozers in construction and everything in between, from chef training to you name it. We need more of that because we have a huge deficit in apprentices. Deputy Nolan referred to the projected estimates. Where will we get these people?...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (18 Jan 2018)

John Halligan: ...Technician 39 32 71 Insurance Practice 27 40 67 53 85 138 International Financial Services Associate 4 10 14 International Financial Services Specialist 4 10 14 Hospitality Total 7 18 25 Commis Chef 7 18 25 Motor Total 6 2,242 2,248 6 2,349 2,355 Agricultural Mechanics 148 148 154 154 Construction Plant Fitting 213 213 248 248 Heavy Vehicle...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (2 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: ...Over the lifetime of the Action Plan, 50,000 people will be registered on apprenticeship and traineeship programmes representing a doubling of current activity. Work is progressing on the development of a new Commis Chef Apprenticeship led by the Irish Hotels Federation and the Restaurants Association of Ireland working with Kerry Education and Training Board. It is planned that this...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports (26 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...here from outside the EEA will now have immediate access to the labour market. Effective from 26 March, I have also amended the Employment Permits Regulations to allow for the granting of General Employment Permits to certain chef grades. The work of the Personal Injuries Commission, whose Second and Final Report were published in September 2018 by my Department, the implementation of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Policy (9 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: ..., including hospitality and tourism. Over the lifetime of the Action Plan, 50,000 people will be registered on apprenticeship and traineeship programmes representing a doubling of current activity. Work is progressing on the development of a new Commis Chef Apprenticeship led by the Irish Hotels Federation and the Restaurants Association of Ireland working with Kerry Education and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Mar 2021)

Alan Farrell: ..., if we are planning for two or three months from now, it is a much easier proposition to make. There is far more understanding in the public sphere and among those pilots, cabin crew, ground crew, chefs, bartenders, waiters and everyone else who relies, to a certain extent, upon the aviation sector. That is why I would like to see the Government take this seriously and to adopt the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (14 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: ...the lifetime of the Action Plan, 50,000 people will be registered on apprenticeship and traineeship programmes representing a doubling of current activity. Work is progressing on the development of a new Commis Chef Apprenticeship led by the Irish Hotels Federation and the Restaurants Association of Ireland working with Kerry Education and Training Board. It is planned that this...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna (Atógáil) - Commencement Matters (Resumed): Health Services Staff Remuneration (18 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: ...the exercise would apply no earlier than the completion of phases 1 and 2 of the exercise, there is no agreement at this stage on the implementation of the result of the exercise. In a separate issue, the chefs are engaging in industrial action over a claim to have their roles and pay scales aligned with those of the craft worker grade. No commitment was given to this particular claim....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Sep 2023)

Simon Harris: ...are as follows:Facts: Apprenticeship is packed with diverse role models and women's success stories, and growing numbers of women apprentices and graduates of the apprenticeship route Faces: They are employers, chefs, craftspeople, cyber security specialists, international financial analysts, creators, team members, leaders!Futures: More and more girls in school can take inspiration from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (1 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: ...Over the lifetime of the Action Plan, 50,000 people will be registered on apprenticeship and traineeship programmes representing a doubling of current activity. Work is progressing on the development of a new Commis Chef Apprenticeship led by the Irish Hotels Federation and the Restaurants Association of Ireland working with Kerry Education and Training Board. It is planned that this...

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (7 Dec 2021)

Ollie Crowe: ...ladder for the first time. We need to look at this. People may not want to work for business where, due to external events, they may have to reduce their hours at short notice. In this context, I am referring to chefs, managers and front of house staff. Employees who are essential to the business are not easily replaced. During a pandemic these skilled and capable people are being...

Topical Issue Debate: Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan Implementation (26 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: ...being handled by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, while energy aspects are being dealt with by Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. With two chefs, however, one often ends up getting a dog's dinner. That is what is happening in this regard. I have strongly opposed the Dublin Array proposal due to the imposition of 145 turbines,...