Call for creation of body to tackle poor working conditions in hospitality sector

The report makes 11 recommendations to Government and its first is the establishment of an independent body to oversee and have responsibility for Ireland’s hospitality sector.

A body with similar functions to Fáilte Ireland should be established for pubs and restaurants, a new report has recommended in the wake of evidence of “widespread poor pay and working conditions” in the sector.

The Oireachtas Tourism Committee has published a report on working conditions and skills shortages in Ireland’s tourism and hospitality sector, and made a slew of recommendations aimed at supporting the industry and the workers employed within it.