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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (27 Jun 2019)

John Halligan: .... Following two calls for proposals in 2015 and 2017 to date five apprenticeships in the food and hospitality sector have been approved for development. These are Craft Butcher (Level 5), Commis Chef (Level 6), Chef de Partie (Level 7), Sous Chef (Level 8) and Executive Chef (Level 9). The first three apprenticeship programmes have commenced with the Sous Chef programme due to commence...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Shortages (21 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: In March 2017, following a review of the Highly Skilled and Ineligible lists of Employment earlier this year, which included a public consultation, I announced the removal of certain chef grades from the ineligible occupation list. This means that if an employer is unsuccessful in filling a vacancy either domestically or from across the European Economic Area (EEA) it can be filled by a...

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) See 4 other results from this debate

Mr. Paddy Lynn: I mean the chefs, kitchens and restaurants. Chefs are under extreme strain because they are working too many hours. They do not have full teams available. For all the passion and joy, if you do not have the skill level in the kitchen, you cannot maintain the kitchen. The head chefs are there; we have strong head chefs in most places, but they need understudies and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Work Permits Eligibility (3 Oct 2017) See 2 other results from this debate

Catherine Noone: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to address this Commencement matter. I am raising the issue of the need for chefs to be added to the critical skills employment permit list. The issue of the shortage of skilled labour in the hospitality sector, and of chefs in particular, has been deemed critical by the hospitality industry. The Restaurants Association of Ireland, RAI,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Sep 2014) See 2 other results from this debate

Mr. Adrian Cummins: I shall respond to the question on chefs. Nine institutes of technology provide chef training programmes but there have been cutbacks in education. It is an expensive course to run because of the amount of money needed to provide equipment in the kitchen, products and so on. There are nine institutes of technology, with approximately five other education and training...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (8 Feb 2022)

Simon Harris: ...Council, the National Training Fund Advisory Group, the Regional Skills Fora and the Apprenticeship Council. I am aware of the difficulties faced by the hospitality sector in the recruitment of chefs, and there are several pathways in the further and higher education sector for the training of chefs and other culinary experts. There are currently 3 Chef Apprenticeships in operation,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tourism Employment (1 Oct 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Richard Bruton: ...developed by Fáilte Ireland working in conjunction with educational providers such as the Institutes of Technology and most recently with Colleges of Further Education. They include craft based training (Chefs / Bar and Restaurant Skills, etc) courses as well as a range of other courses designed to prepare individuals for a career in the Tourism and Hospitality industry across a wide...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...of occupations in the hospitality sector have been removed from the ineligible occupations list and are eligible for the general employment permit. Access to employment permits was widened for all grades of chef in 2019, including experienced executive chefs, head chefs, sous chefs, commis chefs and so on. They can all now apply for a general employment permit to work in a restaurant at...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Shortages (29 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Department of Education and Skills is responsible for education and training provision. This includes ETBs and several Institutes of Technology that are running courses supplying chefs. Failte Ireland has a primary function “To support the training and education and development of persons for the purposes of employment within the Tourism Industry”. Failte Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (16 Nov 2016)

Pat Breen: ...employer permit applications is 3rdOctober. I recognise that having a wide range of cuisines in the restaurant sector supports Ireland being an attractive destination for tourists. Thus while chefs generally are on the ineligible list for employment permits an exception is made for Executive Chefs, Head Chefs, Sous Chefs and Specialist Chefs who specialise in cuisine originating from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (6 Jul 2017)

John Halligan: In 2015 the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGSFN) conducted a study on the future skills needs of the hospitality sector including skill needs for chefs and cooks. The report of the study provides a set of recommendations designed to address the needs of the sector to 2020, including the need to establish a National Oversight and Advisory Group, comprising of key hospitality...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Mr. Adrian Cummins: We would see a cluster of training centres in certain parts of the country while in other parts of the country they do not have a training centre for cheffing or for hospitality. We need to make sure we have good accessibility for people who want to get into our industry and that they do not have to travel long distances, especially around apprenticeships....

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Mr. Noel Kelly: For instance, we have a young chef on our books. We got the chef a book deal so he became an author. Then we got the chef a TV show. The issue is that there is a huge lack of funding for programme making so we try to get sponsors to help to make the shows.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Shortages (18 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...together with contextual factors. The purpose is to maximise the benefits of economic migration while minimising the risk of disrupting the Irish labour market. Since March 2018, all chef grades with experience, with the exception of commis chefs, have been eligible for an employment permit, today I have removed the commis chef grade, with two years’ experience, from the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (17 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: ...List (ICEL) for employment permit purposes are reviewed on a twice yearly basis. Following a review of the Highly Skilled and Ineligible lists of Employment earlier this year certain chef grades were removed from the ineligible occupation list. This means that if an employer is unsuccessful in filling a vacancy either domestically or from across the European Economic Area (EEA) it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)

...dramatically in the past couple of years. As an association, we feel it has. It has improved despite a shortage of skilled staff. In-house training has been huge in our industry. A lot of chefs have taken on kitchen porters and trained them slowly to become commis chefs or second chefs. Many become fully qualified chefs and some even have their own businesses. The other success has...

Other Questions: Skills Shortages (20 Jul 2016) See 1 other result from this debate

Niall Collins: ...Minister of State quoted the recent report by the expert group on future skills needs. I want to flag one particular aspect of that report, because I have received correspondence about a shortage of chefs. The Restaurants' Association of Ireland says there is a shortage of up to 5,000 chefs in this country, so the situation is coming to a critical juncture. When frequenting pubs and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2021)

Martin Conway: ...begin in July. That is fantastic news. We are all very excited about it and welcome it but there is a serious problem with restaurants in this country in the context of their ability to retain chefs. I have spoken to a number of restaurant owners over the past few days who are finding it extremely difficult to hire chefs. I spoke this morning to Adrian Cummins, the CEO of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2016)

Rónán Mullen: ...sure that our culinary and hospitality industry is at its best so we can be at our most attractive to tourists from abroad and from home. At present the industry is experiencing a shortage of chefs. An estimated 5,000 chefs need to be trained each year, by 2020, if demand is to be met. These figures were published in November 2015 after extensive work on the hospitality sector had...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2017)

Maria Byrne: ...in his play for Munster and Ireland. It is great to see a man from Munster captaining the Lions in the first test match. An issue which has been raised many times in the House is the shortage of chefs. The Restaurants Association of Ireland recently issued a plea for funding to be put in place for the training and recruitment of chefs. In the area of Limerick in which I live, there are...