The Audit of Hospitality Courses in Further and Higher Education was commissioned by SOLAS and the Higher Education Authority (HEA) on behalf of the Hospitality Skills Oversight Group.

The report investigates the numbers of courses, enrolments and awards in the Hospitality sector, in order to enable the Hospitality Skills Oversight Group to determine how to address the skill sets required by the sector and to aid in identifying gaps in the provision of courses.

For the purposes of this report the hospitality sector in Ireland is considered to be comprise of 'hotels, restaurants, bars, pubs, canteens and catering operators’.