Results 1-12 of 12 for chefs speaker:Simon Coveney

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...competitions for Bridge Watch-keeping, Marine Engineering and Electrical Engineering roles; - Direct Entry ‘Other Ranks’ competitions for Engine Room Artificers, Hull Artificers, Electrical Artificers, Radio/Radar Technicians and Chefs. - An Air Corps Aircraft Apprentice Technician competition; - A Cadetship competition for all branches will commence shortly; - An extension...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (10 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...Electrical Officer Applications 16 14 24 13 2 69 Inducted 0 0 0 0 1 1 Chef Applications 0 15 96 33 28 172 Inducted 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (1 Jun 2021)

Simon Coveney: ...the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. All Defence Forces personnel are in receipt of basic pay and applicable allowances as determined by their rank, length of service and qualifications. Currently, the ranks serving as Chefs in the Defence Forces are all pre-2013 entrants and range in rank from Corporal to Company Quartermaster Sergeant. The weekly basic pre-2013 pay rate of a...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...have limitations on what we can do overseas because we have shortages of certain specialties. Ships are not going to sea because of the limitations enforced on us due to the fact we are missing a chef, medic, specialised engineer or whatever. There is an opportunity for specialist skill sets, in particular, in the Reserve to be able to complement and work with the Permanent Defence Force...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (17 Nov 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...through Direct Entry streams is demonstrated by the number of applications that were received for 8 Direct Entry competitions held in 2020.  These 8 Naval Service competitions were in respect of Chefs, Engine Room Artificers, Hull Artificers, Electrical Artificer, Radio/Radar Technician, Operations Branch Officer, Electrical Engineering Officer, and Marine Engineering Officer. I...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised)
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (22 Oct 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...other foot for a change and we will be able to introduce those people in at a higher rank than they otherwise would have come in at, to make it more attractive for them. Specialist engineers, radar operators or chefs, for example, may be among a range of specialists available in the private and commercial shipping sector that we could target to bring into the Naval Service. Perhaps more...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...the scheme for the re-enlistment of formerly enlisted persons. At present, the Permanent Defence Force has shortages of personnel in several specialised posts such as technicians, fitters, chefs, communications and IT specialists, as well as naval staff and avionics experts. In some cases, it can take up to four years to train individuals to the standard required to fill these...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (8 Sep 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...to re-enlist former Permanent Defence Force enlisted personnel who have the skills and expertise required to fill identified vacancies that currently exist. This includes technicians, fitters, chefs, communications and IT specialists and naval staff. The scheme is intended to support the Defence Forces in responding to capability demands in the short to medium term and will allow for...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (30 Jul 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...scheme to re-enlist former Permanent Defence Force enlisted personnel who have the skills and expertise required to fill identified vacancies that currently exist. This includes technicians, fitters, chefs, communications and IT specialists and naval staff. The scheme will allow for initial re-enlistment for a minimum of six months and up to 3 years. The duration of the re-enlistment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (24 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: One of my priorities since taking office has been the continued development of the beef sector. The broad outline for developing the beef industry in Ireland was set out in my Department’s Food Harvest 2020 (FH2020) strategy. The recommendations for development of the sector included the identification of “target markets for which access for Irish beef, beef offals and breeding...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (17 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: The pigmeat sector is the third largest sector in Irish agriculture in terms of output and exports and a significant contributor to employment and the economy generally. Approximately 50% of Irish pigmeat is consumed on the home market while exports this year are focussed on the UK, China, Russia, Japan the US and continental Europe. The growing list of third country markets in which Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Exports (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...Bia works with Irish processors with retail listings in China to inform consumers through in-store tastings and leaflets in Chinese on the species, health benefits and recipe ideas on Irish seafood and also with the Chinese media and chefs. Chinese and Japanese customers are encouraged to visit Ireland and have been invited to the September conference - ‘Our Food Our Future,...