Results 341-360 of 576 for chefs

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (10 May 2017)

John Halligan: ...start dates for other programmes. The first 20 on the attached list were in the original category one list arising from the 2015 call. Of the original category one list, two proposals in Commis Chef were merged and two welding proposals were also combined giving final category one total of 23. Three of these proposals in the areas of Travel & Tourism, Warehouse &...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland (9 May 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Robert Troy: 633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether Fáilte Ireland is not doing a good job at directly providing or facilitating the training of new chefs; his further views on whether a new public body should be established to co-ordinate and drive an expansion in the number of training places, especially vocational training places, in hospitality and tourism;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (2 May 2017)

John Halligan: ...; Monaghan ETB €15,000 HGV Driver Level 5 Cavan & Monaghan ETB €15,000 Baker Level 6 Scottish Bakers €76,250 ICT Network Engineer Level 6 FIT €12,500 ICT Software Developer Level 6 FIT €12,500 Butcher Level 5 Mayo, Sligo & Leitrim ETB €95,000 Commis Chef Level 6 Kerry ETB €40,000 ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2017)

...sector offered decent employment to people. Somebody could do the group cert or the leaving cert and then go to CERT, which was a State body, to be trained in a craft skill as an apprentice chef, commis chef, chef de partie or silver service waiter or waitress. This would enable him or her to get a job in a hotel and stay in that hotel to earn a living, raise a family and own a home....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (5 Apr 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Joan Burton: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of apprenticeships suitable for a number of employment vacancies such as chefs and in the hospitality sector generally, to upskill young unemployed workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16874/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (4 Apr 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Peter Burke: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to address the crisis in the tourism and hospitality industry in respect of the supply and training of chefs and kitchen staff in view of the negative impact this is currently having on enterprises and tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14416/17]

Seanad: Business of Seanad (30 Mar 2017)

Denis O'Donovan: ...notice from Senator Maria Byrne of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns from the hospitality industry regarding the shortage of qualified chefs and other associated skills in the hospitality sector. I have also received notice from Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Skills Shortages (30 Mar 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy John Halligan. I know he is aware of the skills shortage in the hospitality industry, especially chefs and front-of-house staff. The expert group claimed that we need approximately 5,000 chefs a year in terms of training, and I understand 1,800 currently go through the system. My background is in the hospitality sector, and I know how important it is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (30 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: ...Over the lifetime of the Action Plan, 50,000 people will be registered on apprenticeship and traineeship programmes representing a doubling of current activity. Work is progressing on the development of a new Commis Chef Apprenticeship led by the Irish Hotels Federation and the Restaurants Association of Ireland working with Kerry Education and Training Board. It is planned that this...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Mar 2017)

Denis O'Donovan: ...received notice from Senator Maria Byrne of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns from the hospitality industry regarding the shortage of qualified chefs and other associated skills in the hospitality sector. I have also received notice from Senators Jennifer Murnane O’Connor of the following matter:The need for the Minister for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (28 Mar 2017)

...at a disadvantage. On a more local level, IOFGA has been active in the promotion of organic food and improving farm performance. We have run a series of events and promotional activities with chefs and consumers to highlight the value of organics. We have a monthly column in a national farming paper, and provide a series of field talk events for farmers to exchange knowledge and...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Coghlan: ...also received notice from Senator Maria Byrne of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns from the hospitality industry regarding the shortage of qualified chefs and other associated skills in the hospitality sector. I have also received notice from Senator Kevin Humphreys of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Justice and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports (9 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: ...is achieved by demonstrating the quality of our produce and the Bord Bia Quality Assurance Scheme and Origin Green initiative are critically important in this endeavour.  Irish beef is purchased by the largest three UK retailers, arguably the most valuable market of scale. Beef exports to Germany have almost trebled in value over the past five years. ...

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion (8 Mar 2017) See 2 other results from this debate

Ned O'Sullivan: ...going for the adventure-type holiday, with self-catering and such like. That is something we will try to grow as well. I have addressed the skills shortage here several times. We are very aware of it in Kerry. We are 6,500 chefs short of a quota. We have very few kitchen training facilities. I was delighted to welcome an initiative, as I am sure the Minister was, by the Gleneagle...

Other Questions: Apprenticeship Data (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: ...these will offer significant opportunities for women to get involved. They include areas such as accounting technician, international service specialist, international service associate and commis chef. They go right across a range of sectors, while the traditional craft apprenticeships have not attracted many women to participate. As part of the expansion of the programme, SOLAS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (1 Mar 2017)

John Halligan: ...all sectors, including hospitality and tourism.  Over the lifetime of the Action Plan, 50,000 people will be registered on apprenticeship and traineeship programmes representing a doubling of current activity. Work is progressing on the development of a new Commis Chef Apprenticeship led by the Irish Hotels Federation and the Restaurants Association of Ireland working with Kerry...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Mar 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Éamon Ó Cuív: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the steps he has taken to ensure there will be an adequate supply of chefs available to the hospitality industry here in view of the shortage of trained chefs in the country at the moment, particularly in rural areas; the discussions he has had with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport on this matter; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Mar 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Joan Burton: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of apprenticeships suitable for a number of employment vacancies such as chefs and in the hospitality sector generally to upskill young unemployed persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10704/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

...level must be thorough. Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, must underpin everything, and rightly so. If somebody claims they have been through an apprenticeship as an electrician or commis chef, we want them to be a fully qualified electrician or commis chef. The process is more complex than anybody on the council envisaged. A lot of hard work is going on in a variety of areas....

Seanad: Recent Education Announcements: Statements (21 Feb 2017)

Maria Byrne: .... Our tourism sector is so dependent on people having traineeships and it is an area I would like the Minister to take a look at because the hospitality industry is concerned that there is a shortage of chefs and people in other areas. The extra money for third level is to be welcomed. I was at a launch recently at the University of Limerick, which related to STEM subjects. There has...