Results 1-4 of 4 for chefs speaker:Michelle Mulherin

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Inland Fisheries Stocks (16 Nov 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: ...menus of any of the restaurants or hotels in Ballina or Foxford. We get a lot of visitors to this region, the draw being the setting, the river and salmon. At a recently held food festival local chefs from Ballina, in order to be able to serve wild salmon dishes, had to obtain salmon donations from IFI. Under current legislation, it is not possible to buy a salmon from anglers and...

Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Employment (26 Sep 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: ...have said they are discussing the matter with SOLAS and that the problem is recognised. However, the Minister of State's response does not seem to indicate that. Emphasising the shortage, many chefs are being brought into the country because restaurants do not have the chefs. While there may be chefs in the kitchen, why can we not train our own people where there is a skills shortage?

Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Employment (26 Sep 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: ...be continued. It is ironic that at this time of high unemployment, the success of recovery in the tourism industry is being threatened by a shortage of trained and skilled staff, in particular chefs. The tourism industry is finding it necessary to recruit substantial numbers of staff, including chefs, from outside the country. This is a crazy position considering the number of people...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Education and Training Provision (24 Sep 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the publically funded colleges here that offer training courses for chefs; the numbers of places annually on each course; the role Bord Fáilte play in the training and accreditation of chefs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39784/13]