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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Board of the National Library of Ireland (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank both witnesses for appearing before the committee today. I wish Mr. McVey success in the time ahead. I also wish Dr. Collins continued success in the wonderful work she is doing.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Board of the National Library of Ireland (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: The committee will try to champion the issues the witnesses raised today.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I am delighted to have our very important guests with us today. We are meeting with representatives from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, Unite the Union, SIPTU and Dr. Deirdre Curran of the National University of Ireland Galway, NUIG, to discuss working conditions and skills shortages in the tourism and hospitality sector. This could not come at a better time, as things begin to...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I am going to stop Mr. Berney there because he is out of time. We all have his statement in front of us. He will get a further opportunity to contribute in answer to the questions of committee members. He will have another opportunity to come in and finish his contribution. I call on Mr. Hynes to make his opening statement. He has three minutes.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Ms Marciniak. I am going to stop her there because she has exceeded the time available. We will allow her to finish her statement later in the meeting. I call Dr. Curran from the National University of Ireland Galway, NUIG, to deliver her opening statement.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank our four guests for making their cases so eloquently. I advise members that they have the rota in front of them. Some apologies have been received. According to the rota and those who are in attendance, I call on Deputy Mythen to begin. The Deputy he has five minutes for his questions and for the answers.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: Deputy O'Sullivan has five minutes for questions and answers.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I will have to stop Ms Marciniak. I invite Dr. Curran in for one minute.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: We have two minutes left. I will invite Mr. Berney, Dr. Curran and Ms Marciniak to speak in that order. I ask them to be as brief as possible.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I think everybody has covered Deputy Dillon's questions. Does Deputy Munster wish to add something?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: You may proceed now if you wish.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Ms McCord and I also Deputy Munster for those questions. I have a number of observations. We have covered much ground today and I appreciate our witnesses' presentations with some alarming experiences, statistics, and findings. There is certainly a great body of work to be done from the committee's point of view. Are any of the groups here represented at the Hospitality and...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: Go ahead.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I appreciate what Mr. Berney is saying and that that is what the forum was set up to do but has Congress had the opportunity and are these issues being raised at that forum where the two Ministers are in place?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I appreciate that. I hope I am not repeating something that has not been asked but Fáilte Ireland have a tourism careers oversight group, have appeared before this committee and have talked about the difficulties alluded to by our witnesses and the reasons for them. Is there an opportunity for any of our witnesses’ organisations to feed into that? Would Ms Curran wish to speak...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I am talking about the Fáilte Ireland careers oversight committee, which might have been a useful tool in raising these matters. That is something that we as a committee will have to make observations on. We may be able to help to do something on the representation of the witnesses' organisations and proportionality within these committees. That very much concludes our meeting...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: Yes, we certainly will. Our schedule has been completed now until the end of this year but as a committee we will certainly, perhaps in our next private session on the 20 October, have a look at this. We have received a clear message that more work is needed to be done here and we should see if we can facilitate this. I certainly do not believe that today is the beginning and the end of...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: Have we a seconder for that proposal? We need a seconder for that proposal in order to write to those organisations and we could take this matter up again at our next private session.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: Everyone is, therefore, in agreement on that and that is my sense of it. One can appreciate that it is a little bit more difficult to judge matters when everyone is working remotely but I want to ensure that I have all of the formalities correct on this. We are in agreement then that we draft those letters, make the contact and engagement that has been suggested by Deputy Munster and,...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I apologise but I must give Ms Marciniak and Mr. Hynes an opportunity to respond.