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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)

...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.

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)

Mr. Paul Clancy: We are definitely working hard on that to improve the pace of the visa application process and I have specifically focused on chefs in terms of reducing the administration time. I think that may sort next year but not this session.

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)

Micheál Carrigy: ...to service the country. It would concentrate and specialise in particular on the catering end of things. At the minute, Tralee and Cork are the only places in the country where a person can do certain types of chef training courses. The reality is somebody from Donegal will not travel to Cork. The people who are now running the most successful restaurants in the country went to the...

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)

...,000 vacancies in the industry across all roles. The Department and Fáilte Ireland are working with industry and across Departments to ensure a co-ordinated approach to addressing the labour and skills shortages. Delays in the processing of work permits for chefs is a particular challenge for the sector, as noted previously at this committee. The Department and Fáilte Ireland...

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)

Christopher O'Sullivan: In the previous session we discussed the challenges faced by employers in the hospitality sector when they identify staff, be they chefs or bartenders, but they cannot accommodate them. The candidates may be coming from outside the EU, from Europe or even from some other part of Ireland but accommodation is a real issue. I know the Department is aware of this but is there anything it can do...

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)

...was the main reason for losing staff. In all, we estimate that about one third of our staff have departed the sector. Given the shortages of skilled staff that existed pre-Covid, the loss of chefs, managers and senior bar staff from our sector during Covid has made a difficult situation all the more challenging. While we are encouraged by the level of business since we reopened, it is...