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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Apr 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...most reliant, is down. What is being done to increase hotel accommodation capacity, improve visitor numbers from the UK and ensure we increase the rate of critical skills visas being issued for chefs in particular?

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...efforts to speed up the whole process from start to finish in terms of permits being allocated and granted. I really hope this legislation improves the situation in the hospitality sector for restaurants and chefs and for cafes and hotels. Businesses are in this constant battle where they cannot get chefs or workers in the domestic market. They have to go abroad. It is really important...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland’s Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: In the previous session we discussed the challenges faced by employers in the hospitality sector when they identify staff, be they chefs or bartenders, but they cannot accommodate them. The candidates may be coming from outside the EU, from Europe or even from some other part of Ireland but accommodation is a real issue. I know the Department is aware of this but is there anything it can do...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (5 May 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...but that is not the case and unfortunately it is still a big issue. I will give the Minister of State an example of some of the issues. I spoke to one business recently that advertised for a chef position in June of last year and by October it had only received one CV, despite being quite a reputable business and that challenge is ongoing. Another business I spoke to was advertising on...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...to. Are the witnesses absolutely ruling out that that was the case? Have the witnesses anything to offer on how work-life balance can be improved? For example, there are still issues around retaining chefs, especially in restaurants that may have a very good reputation for cooking excellent food. It may not necessarily all be down to pay but to that work-life balance and the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (21 Sep 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether chefs could be included in the list of eligible occupations for critical skills employment permits due to the shortage of their skill set within the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45205/21]