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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

...of skilled staff. This crisis started in 2012. The RAI flagged this problem then with the relevant Government Departments and Fáilte Ireland. We highlighted that we were facing a shortage of chefs, in particular. That dearth of staff has now extended across all parts of the industry. Regarding addressing working conditions, we welcome recent and upcoming legislation seeking to...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

...the length and breadth of the country. From entry level roles to CEOs of major multinational hotel chains and airlines and from general managers of the world’s best hotels and attractions to Michelin star chefs, the Irish tourism industry can be hugely proud of the role it played in rapidly rebuilding employment after the financial crisis to a high of over 260,000 jobs. Moreover,...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

...some money to be spent on that. There are skilled people in the industry who want to upskill. We would like to put a little bit more money into the off-the-job training. I refer to the commis chef apprenticeship programme, which is one in particular that we are involved with, and also for the chef de partie programme and the other training structures that are in place. Even if we...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

...tourism and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has a wider hospitality area under its remit, as well as many other sectors. We would work on areas of mutual benefit. We need chefs in both hotels and restaurants and we need waiters in hotels and in restaurants, and so on. With regard to the mechanisms that support that, the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

...housing and rent, rising costs make it virtually impossible to employ staff. We were talking about training. The Restaurants Association of Ireland and all its members have trained up most of the chefs in the country in terms of kitchen porters coming through and working their way up. It is just not really viable. That is another point that must be mentioned. Last summer, we...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I have a couple of points. In regard to skills shortages, would there be merit in a hospitality centre of excellence being developed somewhere in the country for chefs and so forth? We have seen the shortages. We would have one particular area and develop it.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

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....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Eugene Murphy: ...from hotels and restaurants. I was approached by one lady who runs a very successful family hotel which, unfortunately, has been closing one or two days a week because of staff issues. Unfortunately, one chef was not able to turn up to help the other chefs recently and she spent 14.5 hours without a break cooking, helping the chefs. It was an enormous strain, she told me. She could not...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Mr. Tim Fenn: That is at the top of the tree. It has to be fixed. There is no reason for it to be as complex as it is and take so much time. We are also working on chefs, commis chefs, apprenticeships, sous chefs and all the rest of it. We are working with the ETBs, the TUs and SOLAS to do the best we can with what is available in the Irish market. The permits are the key part of where...