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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Paul Gavan: ...psychological abuse and 15% had actually suffered physical abuse in the workplace. When asked the identity of the perpetrator, 76% said it was someone in a position of power. That could be the chef, the owner or the manager. As for sexual harassment, 55% of respondents had witnessed or experienced sexual harassment and 63% had witnessed or experienced bullying. This is just a small...

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Paul Gavan: ...talk to their workers and the trade unions and use the industrial relations machinery of the State to establish a floor of decency for everyone in the sector. My colleague from Kerry mentioned chefs. I know what the problem with chefs is because officials from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation told the same committee that the bosses will not pay decent wages and,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2019)

Paul Gavan: .... There is a striking contrast in terms of the experience of the 17,000 SIPTU members in the health service, who will complete a ballot for strike action this week. These people are porters, chefs and support staff who have honoured the Lansdowne Road agreements, who have gone through a job evaluation process and who have been awarded money through that process but are now being snubbed...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Paul Gavan: ...to meet people on the streets ahead of Valentine's Day. We asked those going to restaurants to ask where their tips would be going. There is a problem in this sector. I was on the Ivan Yates radio show this evening when a terrific chef, who owns four restaurants in Galway, came on. The first thing he said was that there is a problem in the sector and that people’s tips are being...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2018)

Paul Gavan: ...shift she has to clean 30 rooms on her own. It is the industry "standard" that is being applied. We have minimum wage jobs. We got to the bottom of the skills shortages we hear about with regard to chefs. The average wage of a chef in Ireland is €10 an hour. Even the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation has acknowledged that the problem of the skills shortage arose...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Jan 2018)

Paul Gavan: ...Minister to introduce regulations to facilitate the introduction of tronc schemes check to ensure the equitable distribution of tips. This is important because it enables people in the backroom, including kitchen porters and chefs, to be included. Often, they are forgotten about. The proposed sections 10F(4)(d) and 10F(4)(e) ensure that where owners are involved in the same work as...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2016)

Paul Gavan: We received an e-mail from the Restaurants Association of Ireland yesterday regarding a matter that, I understand, Senator Gallagher raised yesterday, namely, the struggle it is having in finding chefs in the country. It referred to a shortage of 5,000 chefs. The name of the organisation rang a bell with me and I wondered what it was. It is the same organisation that called for a freezing...