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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: ...engineer and accounting technician apprenticeships, the latter being a traineeship run in my constituency which was launched by Deputy Jan O'Sullivan when she was Minister. There is also a commis chef apprenticeship which was established in response to the lack of commis chefs two years ago when businesses and restaurants were crying out for them. There are also chef de partie, sous chef...

Apprenticeships: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2018)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: ...in Limerick. They are in the Revenue offices for four days each week and are trained on another day. When I was Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, I was told that we needed hundreds of commis chefs. That has been turned around and from next September Dún Laoghaire Further Education Institute will offer commis chef trainee apprenticeships. The system is responding. We...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Work Permits Eligibility (3 Oct 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: ...of research undertaken by the expert group on future skills needs in tandem with a consultation process as part of a package of measures to meet these skills needs. With the exception of executive chefs, head chefs, sous chefs and specialist chefs who specialise in non-EEA cuisine, chefs are on the ineligible list for employment permits at present. I introduced these rules during my term...