Results 1-20 of 20 for chefs speaker:Damien English

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Industry (22 Nov 2022)

Damien English: ...from the hospitality sector over the last number of years, my Department introduced a number of changes to widen access to the General Employment Permit for occupations in the sector. All grades of Chef have been eligible for the General Employment Permit since 2019, with restrictions such as a quota or limit per establishment also removed. Experienced Executive Chefs, Head Chefs, Sous...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (22 Sep 2022)

Damien English: ...any long-term labour market scarring in the sector. The increase in employment was also supported by the approval of employment permits for the sector. Since the start of May, 1,345 applications for Chefs have been processed by my Department. 30 permits for hotel and accommodation managers have also been issued, out of an available 350 in the quota announced in October 2021, with a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (15 Sep 2022)

Damien English: ...to nursing homes and we work closely with them around that. Close to 2,000 permits have been issued. We have streamlined our process and we focus in, whether it be on home-care assistants or chefs, at different times of the year when there is a high priority. I think we have managed to do that, but the simple question the Deputy asked was on whether we can align that better with the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (15 Sep 2022)

Damien English: ...any long-term labour market scarring in the sector. The increase in employment was also supported by the approval of employment permits for the sector. Since the start of May, 1,345 applications for Chefs have been processed by my Department. 30 permits for hotel and accommodation managers have also been issued, out of an available 350 in the quota announced in October 2021, with a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Job Creation (12 Jul 2022)

Damien English: ...the country, then in Europe and then we go beyond that. The system responds and we have prioritised the hospitality sector at this time of year, as we did last year. Hundreds of permits for chefs have been granted. We will do more in the next couple of weeks. New legislation will soon come to the House, in which we will introduce the flexibility that the system needs for the future.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pharmacy Services (19 May 2022)

Damien English: ...of pressure on the system but most of those 3,000 are nearly completed and being processed now, which will free up our staffing timetable to be able to focus on other key areas like hospitality, chefs and so on. The Senator identified the pharmacy sector, with which I think we can also engage during this review process.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Work Permits (19 May 2022)

Damien English: ...sectors, not all of them in critical skills. We have to look at every mechanism. That involves working with the sector. We engage with the hospitality sector and will prioritise it in respect of chefs and so on. These next couple of months are key for them. We also have to work with sectors such as retail, hospitality and agriculture around solutions and training. I highlight the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 May 2022)

Damien English: The tables attached show the number of employment permits that have been granted to Chefs in each of the years from 2016 to 11 May 2022 inclusive, and the number of employment permits that have been granted to the other areas of the hospitality sector during the same period of time.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 May 2022)

Damien English: ...to requests from the hospitality sector over the last number of years my Department introduced a number of changes to widen access to the General Employment Permit for occupations in the sector. All grades of Chef have been eligible for the General Employment Permit since 2019, with restrictions such as a quota or limit per establishment also removed. Experienced Executive Chefs, Head...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 May 2022)

Damien English: ...Group which my Department chairs and on which a number of Departments, including the Department of Health are represented. Access to employment permits was widened for all grades of Chef in 2019, with restrictions as to quota or limit per establishment also removed; experienced Executive Chefs, Head Chefs, Sous Chefs, Chef de Partie and Commis Chefs can apply for a General Employment...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (5 May 2022)

Damien English: ...when applying for an employment permit checklist documents have been prepared.  Notably, checklist documents have been specifically prepare to assistant applicants when applying for a General Employment Permit for the roles of Chef and Hospitality Manager and these, inter alia, are available on the Department's website through the following link - Employment Permits Checklists -...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (5 May 2022)

Damien English: ...sector to assist with applications for General Employment Permits. This checklist is available on the Department’s website at enterprise.gov.ie/en/Publications/Publication-files/Checklis t-for-Chefs.pdf.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (4 May 2022)

Damien English: ...rotation, which had to be processed manually.  Cognisant of the significant impact the pandemic has had on the Hospitality Sector, when the sector reopened in July 2021, the Department committed to prioritise the processing of chef employment permit applications received in the processing queue at that time, in order to support the sector.  The Department of Enterprise,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Industry (1 Mar 2022)

Damien English: ...manually or through other nonstandard methods.  Cognisant of the significant impact the pandemic has had on the Hospitality Sector, when the sector reopened in July, the Department committed to prioritise the processing of chef employment permit applications received in the processing queue at that time, in order to support the sector.  The Department recognises the impact of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Industry (10 Feb 2022)

Damien English: ...The prospective employee is required to hold a relevant third level qualification and have at least five years experience in the industry in order to be considered eligible. Following a change at the end of 2019 all grades of chef are eligible for the General Employment Permit.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (9 Dec 2021)

Damien English: ...people to work. The Deputy mentioned the hospitality sector. On one hand, there are thousands of jobs available in that sector, and we have given permits and prioritised certain areas, such as chefs and so forth. On the other hand, if one analyses the live register and the people on the PUP, there are thousands with a background in hospitality. There is a mismatch there and we are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (1 Dec 2021)

Damien English: ...times for other employment permit applications.  Cognisant of the significant impact the pandemic has had on the Hospitality Sector, when the sector reopened in July, my Department committed to prioritise the processing of chef employment permit applications received in the processing queue at that time, in order to support the sector.  My Department is very conscious of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Work Permits (5 Oct 2021)

Damien English: ...the difficulties that are out there because I have engaged with the sectors quite a lot. When I said we were prioritising medical staff I meant to point out that we prioritised permits for chefs as well because we understood that the sector was under an awful lot of pressure and that it was an essential service providing food during the Covid emergency. We tried to fast-track and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (21 Sep 2021)

Damien English: ...which determine employments that are either in high demand or are ineligible for an employment permit where there is a surplus of those skills in the domestic and EEA labour market. Since 2019 all grades of Chef are eligible for the General Employment Permit which is the primary vehicle used by the State to attract third country nationals in occupations where it can be demonstrated that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retention of 9% VAT Rate: Discussion with Restaurants Association of Ireland (17 Sep 2013)

Damien English: ...sector. I welcome Mr. Adrian Cummins, chief executive officer of the Restaurants Association of Ireland; Mr. Pádraig Óg Gallagher, president of the Restaurants Association of Ireland and owner-chef of Gallaghers Boxty House, Temple Bar; Ms Angela Ruttledge of Woodstock, Phibsboro and Moloughney's of Clontarf; and Mr. Brian Fallon of Fallon's, Kilcullen, County Kildare and Fallon...