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- Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)
Mark Daly: ...a number of issues regarding the sustainability of the tourism industry. One of the key factors is the issue of the supply of qualified staff. As the Minister of State is well aware, the lack of chefs in the restaurant industry is a key concern. People in my town, in Killarney and throughout Kerry and Dublin must try to get staff from abroad, as far away as Bulgaria and Romania, for the...
- Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)
Paul Gavan: ...talk to their workers and the trade unions and use the industrial relations machinery of the State to establish a floor of decency for everyone in the sector. My colleague from Kerry mentioned chefs. I know what the problem with chefs is because officials from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation told the same committee that the bosses will not pay decent wages and,...
- Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: ..., an issue with regard to work permits and especially the difficulty for people outside the EU in getting work permits. I refer in particular to a certain area in the culinary sector, namely, wok chefs. There are no courses available in Ireland to train up wok chefs. These are specialist chefs who come in from eastern Asia and such places. The Department of Business, Enterprise and...
- Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)
Tim Lombard: ...of West Cork this year, running from Kinsale all the way to Allihies, was a unique success, with every village and town having a food offering, and it brought so many international and national chefs to west Cork. It was an unbelievable success. We need to promote this angle of what we have on this island. This island has an abundance of food, greenery, and fresh clean water. This is a...
- Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)
Brendan Griffin: ...from different Departments to oversee and monitor changes to work permits. Through our participation on this group, the Department has assisted the industry in obtaining permits for certain grades of chefs, subject to an overall quota of 610 in March 2018. Changes in April 2019 allow employers to replace permit holder employees who leave their employment prior to the expiry of a permit....