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Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: ...of Tipperary ETB. I have been there a number of times and it is fabulous to see it. It is what we need. It is a training centre for catering and for dressing and making beds and preparing rooms, right along to chefs and management - from driving a bulldozer to operating a van, and everything in between. It is an amazing complex, with plumbers, electricians and all the different trades....

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?...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...or service charges to which the front-line workers who look after us are rightfully entitled, as are the back-house workers, which I think a few of us never recognise. Tips go to receptionists and chefs and the people we do not really see. Most institutions share tips with their staff. Most of the time I spend in hospitality is spent when I am at work here, in the capital city, and in...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: .... If they do, they will be unable to finish their education and enter employment. At present there is nearly full employment. There is a huge shortage of staff in the catering industry and in the hospitality sector. Chefs cannot be got. There is already a crisis among farm contractors. We have heard this from Farm Contractors Ireland and all the agriculture bodies. They have...