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Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (12 Jun 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...putting ourselves out of the market and will kill the goose that lays the golden egg. Finally, I ask the Minister to continue to ensure we have the skills we need. There was a shortage of 5,000 chefs at the last count and we have a shortage of training kitchens, something which hotel managers tell us when we go out for a meal at night.

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion (8 Mar 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...going for the adventure-type holiday, with self-catering and such like. That is something we will try to grow as well. I have addressed the skills shortage here several times. We are very aware of it in Kerry. We are 6,500 chefs short of a quota. We have very few kitchen training facilities. I was delighted to welcome an initiative, as I am sure the Minister was, by the Gleneagle...

Seanad: Transport, Tourism and Sport: Statements (16 Nov 2016)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...a disgrace. It will be an issue this coming weekend with the Rod Stewart concert. Another bug bear is the shortage of skills, particularly in the culinary field. There is a shortfall of up to 5,000 chefs. As to kitchen skills training, we are far behind where we used to be in the days of CERT. As a Kerryman, I am involved in tourism and know all about it, and the Minister will be...

Seanad: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2015 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (10 Nov 2016)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...from Asia stay for longer periods, spend more and travel more. We welcome that and will have to work on it. I have referred to skills shortages in a number of debates here before. We have a difficulty training chefs especially. I will ask the Minister of State another time to take a serious look at how we will train our chefs and kitchen staff generally and how we will reinvigorate CERT...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2016)

Ned O'Sullivan: I support Senator Rónán Mullen in his call for the Minister to address the shortage of chefs in the country. It is a matter I had planned to raise here last week, but I did not get around to it. It is well known that there is a serious shortage in the hospitality sector and it is not just in my own county of Kerry. I have picked it up around the place. Chefs are reportedly very...

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...and everybody is happy and people will buy there. Senator Buttimer referred to the recent controversy about Bord Bia. I took a very dim view of the attack on Bord Bia by that particular celebrity chef. Every State board can be criticised and everyone is entitled to his or her opinion but since I took on this portfolio I have found Bord Bia to be very supportive with an excellent...