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

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...June and early July. This is detrimental to the company. Another business I wish to mention is a four-star hotel, a fine hotel at the heart of my constituency. Again, it has been advertising for chefs and for others who are experienced in hospitality, but the quality and volume of staff required are simply not available. It is not an isolated issue, as I am hearing this from many...

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...this matter and one goes hand in hand with the other. We must think about what these businesses have gone through over the last 18 months, particularly the hospitality industry, which cannot get chefs for love nor money. That industry wants to have a successful number of months in the rest of 2021 and into 2022 and it will not be able to do so if this is not solved.

Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Health): Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...reopening of cinemas, hotels, gyms, etc., and, from what we hear, pubs and restaurants will open the following week. Obviously, the speculation is that only gastropubs, with their own kitchens and chefs, will be allowed open. I think that is completely wrong. Many of our villages and small towns have no pubs with such facilities. There will be places where none of the hospitality...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...always reading and writing. It is so wrong that Mr. Alford was in the position he was in. He has really fought back. The next time he comes here, I hope he brings lunch for all of us. He is a very good chef. I thank Ms McAnaspie. She touched on the area of transition year, not having the possibility to do work experience and the fact that there is no career guidance. I intend to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...always reading and writing. It is so wrong that Mr. Alford was in the position he was in. He has really fought back. The next time he comes here, I hope he brings lunch for all of us. He is a very good chef. I thank Ms McAnaspie. She touched on the area of transition year, not having the possibility to do work experience and the fact that there is no career guidance. I intend to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: WorldSkills Competition 2017: Discussion (7 Nov 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...to up one's skills and compete on a world stage. I was reading the newspaper this morning and I saw that Aisling Rock from Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, was named European Young Chef on Monday in Barcelona. I think it is worth mentioning here. This committee has put a great deal of emphasis on the whole area of skills and apprenticeships. We are doing our best to encourage...