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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Work Permits (17 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: ...the process. There is significant frustration. In Tipperary, I am inundated with calls from people who are trying to get work permits for construction workers, agricultural workers, engineers and hotel chefs. The process from when they start looking for someone to the very end is frustrating. Often, it is not a good end and they do not get anyone. At this time of year, it is important...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the €680,000 announced under the rural regeneration funds for Castlerea, County Roscommon. A state-of-the-art food training centre in Castlerea, An Chistin, trains the most amazing chefs and others in the catering business. As well as that, they want to look at food incubator units where start-ups and businesses can come in and start up their business in a place with a lot...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Support Services (10 Feb 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...need for management experience as the economy continues to emerge from the pandemic. This quota is subject to a framework requiring a third level qualification and five years' experience in the role. Applications for chef permits have also been prioritised. The Group will continue to monitor the demand for workers across the tourism and hospitality sectors throughout 2022. More broadly,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Industry (10 Feb 2022)

Damien English: ...The prospective employee is required to hold a relevant third level qualification and have at least five years experience in the industry in order to be considered eligible. Following a change at the end of 2019 all grades of chef are eligible for the General Employment Permit.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Conway: .... When I to places like Westport, the first thing I do is book the restaurants I would like to go to because of the demand. That demand arises from the phenomenal work being done by restaurant owners and chefs in this country, together with the fantastic agrifood and fish suppliers that feed into this industry, which employs tens of thousands of people. The Restaurants Association of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
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Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (9 Feb 2022)

John McGuinness: ...to me in the south east to ask if someone can change the regime so that if people are found, they can be fast-tracked in. I was struck by the preparations for the Irish Open. The applications for chefs are waiting to be cleared in the Department. I would have thought that for major events such as that or indeed major bus companies or hauliers that there would be some method of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Feb 2022)

Niamh Smyth: ...to mention Cavan Institute, which the Minister, Deputy Harris, visited. Not only does it provide academic subjects, it also endeavours to provide apprenticeships in hairdressing and for commis chefs. It is a victim of its own success and space is now required to help it to continue to provide those programmes. Ireland has traditionally lagged behind our neighbours in the scope and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (8 Feb 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael Creed: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions being taken by his Department to address the requirement for chefs in the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6175/22]

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Healy-Rae: ...hands God gave them. Long ago, there were courses and organisations such as AnCO where people could go away and learn the trade of publican and other trades in the hospitality sector, such as chefs, and all that goes with that. We should encourage that. The reason we have such a labour shortage in the country is that we are not encouraging enough of that. We should remember there is...

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2022) See 3 other results from this debate

Garret Ahearn: ...for more than ten years and noted there was always a different policy on tips no matter where I worked. In some places, the bar or restaurant staff took them, and in others they were shared by chefs or management. In my time, there always seemed to be a different policy for every place of employment in the hospitality sector. As the Tánaiste said, this Bill is about bringing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)

Claire Kerrane: 318. To ask the Minister for Health if catering staff and chefs in hospitals and nursing homes will be included in the special Covid-19 recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4005/22]

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Thomas Gould: ..., which many people struggled to get through. They are on a knife-edge. Here we are now at the start of 2022 and many people will not be able to afford to keep a roof over their heads or the heating on. Chefs in hospitals, dental assistants and people who kept the country afloat during the pandemic are getting paid less than the living wage. The Tánaiste is calling on private...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jan 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael McGrath: ...that we are on the cusp of submitting to the European Commission. We expect a rapid evaluation and assessment of the programme by the Commission because there has been ongoing contact, and the chef de cabinet, Commissioner Ferreira came before the committee before Christmas as well. We are hopefully going to be in a position formally to launch PEACEPLUS in the first half of this year, as...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Sharon Keogan: ...of individuals who have been in the hospitality industry for years. They told me hoteliers are tearing out their hair over the delays in processing visas for skilled industry workers, particularly chefs. Backlogs have been experienced since last June regarding visa decisions for young chefs from outside the EU. It is causing real difficulty in the industry, an industry we should be...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Martin: ...Most recently the work of the Group resulted in up to 350 work permits being granted for managerial positions in certain tourism and hospitality businesses. Earlier this year my Department also successfully advocated for the prioritisation of chef permit applications. I have also recently worked with Minister Donohoe on the extension of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme. I will...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (15 Dec 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Catherine Connolly: ...Ministers are working hard. I have said that. I am not going to waste my precious time on that, but on the very bad decision to close a wonderful kitchen, which is fully equipped and where the chef has been there for more than 20 years. There is a lovely and very competent team supplying healthy food where we have control and see what is happening. There is quality food and no worries...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (14 Dec 2021)

Michael McGrath: ...to regulate the provision of “secretarial facilities” to Members and “qualifying parties”. Secretarial Assistants, Administrative Assistants, Parliamentary Assistants, Administrators and Chefs de Cabinet are employed by Members and by qualifying parties but are paid by the Commission. The Commission also regulates the number of staff employed under the Scheme...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (9 Dec 2021)

Damien English: ...people to work. The Deputy mentioned the hospitality sector. On one hand, there are thousands of jobs available in that sector, and we have given permits and prioritised certain areas, such as chefs and so forth. On the other hand, if one analyses the live register and the people on the PUP, there are thousands with a background in hospitality. There is a mismatch there and we are...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (8 Dec 2021)

Michael McGrath: ...Commission has the power to regulate the provision of secretarial facilities to Members and qualifying parties. Secretarial assistants, administrative assistants, parliamentary assistants, administrators and chefs de cabinetare employed by Members and by qualifying parties but are paid by the Commission. The commission also regulates the number of staff employed under the scheme and has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Needed to Support the Economic Recovery Plan: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Ollie Crowe: I could not agree more. There is a great shortage of chefs across the country, area managers for hotels and restaurants, etc. I fully understand the point Mr. Donohoe is making regarding labour shortages versus skills shortages. I do not expect a full answer, but I would like Mr. Donohoe at least to give me some hope concerning a timeframe. I thank Mr. Donohoe.