Results 1-12 of 12 for chefs speaker:Jerry Buttimer

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Adding Chefs to the Critical Skills List Now to Save Irish Hospitality: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...sector. The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris, has a new apprenticeship plan. The issue of hospitality, bar management and executive chefs to level 9 have been included in that. Is that progress?

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Adding Chefs to the Critical Skills List Now to Save Irish Hospitality: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...us to discuss matter this further. Mr. Lynn is right. I thank all the people who work in our hospitality sector. Anyone watching or listening should understand that, as Mr. Lynn rightly said there, chefs, people who work in kitchens, kitchen porters and hospitality waitstaff often work in high-end, high-pressure, not-fully-staffed settings. We should thank them and acknowledge the work...

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ..., Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris, in the whole area of apprenticeships. Yesterday the Minister, Deputy Harris, announced a new apprenticeship programme. He specifically mentioned chefs and executive chefs. The Minister of State made the point about these jobs being a career. The whole issue of post leaving certificate, PLC, courses, further education and...

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (12 Jun 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...are doing. The figures show that there has been a significant increase in tourism footfall in Cork. This growth must be met by realism. Senator Maria Byrne and others have touched on the shortage of chefs. Many of us who were in the Seanad in previous years did not want to see the closure of the training centres in Cork and Limerick. It can now be seen that the decision taken at the...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...people with disabilities to purchase a house. I will be happy for the Minister to come to the House to review the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act. Senator Byrne again raised the shortage of chefs, which is an ongoing issue that is being addressed by the Minister and SOLAS. Fáilte Ireland has a new apprenticeship scheme for chefs, which is linked to our tourism strategy. It...

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion (8 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: .... I thank the Minister for his work in promoting Cork. Finally, on the skills shortage, the previous Fianna Fáil-led Government did a disservice to the country in the way that it let training centres for chefs and the like close. I hope we will be able to rescue and resuscitate them as we now have skills deficits.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: ...a key role in developing relations, not just with Ireland but also with the EU and other countries. It is important that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, who came to the House to debate Brexit, returns in the autumn to discuss how we play our part in the world in the post-Brexit era. I agree with Senator Gavan, up to a point, with regard to chefs. It is extraordinary that...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: ...in regard to the Committee of Public Accounts but is important that the points made by Senator Conway are taken on board. Perhaps we can write to the committee in that regard. Senators Mullen and Ned O'Sullivan raised the important issue of chefs and the deficit in regard to staff in our hospitality sector. This is the by-product of a decision by a previous Administration, during which...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: ...their lives. It is important that we see reform here. My colleague, friend and former Minister of State, Senator Coffey, spoke about skills and he is right; we have a deficit of skills in many areas. When we see our tourism figures increasing and advertisements for chefs abroad, it poses the question of why we stopped the training of chefs in our country. I agree that we need to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Policy (22 Sep 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 1645. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reinstate modular and industry based training for cooks and chefs in order to increase the rate at which staff are trained and to meet the hospitality sector demand for such skilled staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31909/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: ...eating can be achieved. I welcome Mr. Trevor White, who is the author of a best selling restaurant guide but, more important, has written extensively on the matter under discussion and also on chefs, restaurants and the politics of food production in Ireland.

Seanad: Tourism Industry (11 May 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: ...Saturday night owing to the huge demand as a result of reduced prices. The quality of food and service was unbelievable. I know from speaking to friends of mine who work in the industry, be they chefs or restaurant owners, that it was a huge success. I know, having visited Boston, which runs a very successful restaurant week, that we must think outside of the box in terms of coming up...