Results 61-80 of 576 for chefs

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (15 Sep 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Damien English: ...to nursing homes and we work closely with them around that. Close to 2,000 permits have been issued. We have streamlined our process and we focus in, whether it be on home-care assistants or chefs, at different times of the year when there is a high priority. I think we have managed to do that, but the simple question the Deputy asked was on whether we can align that better with the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (15 Sep 2022)

Damien English: ...any long-term labour market scarring in the sector. The increase in employment was also supported by the approval of employment permits for the sector. Since the start of May, 1,345 applications for Chefs have been processed by my Department. 30 permits for hotel and accommodation managers have also been issued, out of an available 350 in the quota announced in October 2021, with a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (14 Jul 2022) See 2 other results from this answer

Catherine Murphy: 621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants to the commis chef apprenticeship level 6 programme since it was launched to date by education and training board; the number that have dropped out of the programme on an annual basis; and the number that successfully completed the course. [38974/22]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Job Creation (12 Jul 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Ollie Crowe: ...restrictions had a devastating impact on staff retention. It is estimated that one third of all staff departed the sector. Before the pandemic, it was already challenging to retain and recruit quality chefs, bar managers and senior bar staff. Many operators in the sector tell me it is next to impossible now. Job offers remain open for months, with few if any applicants. Figures from...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Mattie McGrath: ...or service charges to which the front-line workers who look after us are rightfully entitled, as are the back-house workers, which I think a few of us never recognise. Tips go to receptionists and chefs and the people we do not really see. Most institutions share tips with their staff. Most of the time I spend in hospitality is spent when I am at work here, in the capital city, and in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Jul 2022)

Simon Harris: ...40 Healthcare Assistant Level 6 2 HOSPITALITY & FOOD 41 Bar Manager Level 7 3 42 Commis Chef Level 6 2 43 Chef de Partie Level 7 4 44 Sous Chef Level 8 2 ...

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)

Consideration of Public Petition on Adding Chefs to the Critical Skills List Now to Save Irish Hospitality: Discussion

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (6 Jul 2022)

Simon Harris: ...Brick and Stone laying Less than 5 Butcher Less than 5 Carpentry and Joinery 26 30 Commis Chef Less than 5 Less than 5 Construction Plant Fitting Less than 5 Less than 5 Electrical 44 93 Electrical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the hard work carried out by hospital chefs in the HSE. As you may be aware, the current Public Service Agreement, Building Momentum, includes the process of Sectoral Bargaining, to address outstanding claims. Health Management have been engaged in this process over the last number of months.  We expect negotiations to conclude shortly and any...

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...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Johnny Mythen: ..., it was brushed under the carpet. It is coming out now. People have left the industry in their droves and have discovered there is more money out there to be earned. I had an example of a sous chef. The main chef left and he was put in charge. He was working until 4 a.m. His relationship with his partner was almost gone; he could not see her. He had to order all the stuff in. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Young Social Innovators: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

...of post-natal depression, especially in isolation during Covid-19, and then seeing an image of somebody like that online. Even though one knows it is fake and that the person has a personal chef and has taken 27,000 shots in order to get that one shot, the rational part of one's brain is put to the side and that other part just comes to the fore. One partly believes it and one still...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: We have a three-hour slot. It has not been ever taken up, but we are saying that. Mr. Paddy Lynn sent in a petition about chefs and making them a special category of work to be put on the critical list. That is the first half of the meeting. We will bring them in before the recess. It was raised that the week of 14 July will be flat out. That is the week we all break up.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (2 Jun 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Imelda Munster: 326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that was spent in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 on apprenticeships for chefs. [28643/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. David Donoghue and Mr. Rory Montgomery (2 Jun 2022)

...forget because Mr. Mitchell convened the meeting and all the leaders sat around the table. Everybody in the building, more or less, forced their way into the back of the room. There were guys in chef's whites who fought their way through to stand in the back of the room. Everyone was there and there was a tremendous sense of a democratic moment. We also had the final irony with the...

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Carol Nolan: ...we must remove the snobbery, elitism and the other ridiculous biases that have an impact on the take-up of trades, upon which we all rely and upon which our economy relies. One specific area that has been receiving significant coverage this week is the lack of chefs available and the impact this is having on the restaurant and tourism sector in general. I received a reply to a...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 May 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Martin Browne: ...There are positions whereby we could increase the staffing level of the Defence Forces. Do other members wish to comment? No. The next petition is No. 25/22, from Mr. Patrick Lynn, who calls for chefs to be added to the critical skills list now to save Irish hospitality. The petitioner considers that chefs should be added to the critical skills occupations list to support the Irish...

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) See 5 other results from this debate

...be re-examined. For example, there is a requirement to have a job advertised for four weeks. To then get an applicant and then process the visa is not a practical response for a business that needs a chef or senior manager this week or month.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 May 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Carol Nolan: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number who have enrolled in the national commis chef apprenticeship programme that was launched by her Department in each of the years 2018 to date in 2022; the numbers who have successfully completed the programme each year to date; if her attention has been drawn to the acute shortage of suitably qualified chefs to date; and if he will...