Results 261-280 of 7,652 for speaker:Joanna Tuffy

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (19 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: 183. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be reinstated for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40998/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: At the request of the broadcasting and recording services, members are asked to turn off their mobile phones completely or put them in flight mode. The proceedings of the meeting will be broacast live on Virgin Media channel 207, Eir Vision channel 504 and Sky channel 574 from 1 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. Documents have been circulated to members on the database in line with the procedures for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I ask all those present to switch off their mobile telephones or set them to the safe or flight mode. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss special needs provision in second level education. The joint committee is examining the wider area of special needs in education and will publish a report on the matter, for which Senator Mary Moran has been appointed rapporteur. I welcome, from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Could members please concentrate on second level education? The chairperson designate for the National Council for Special Education will be here next week, so there will be an opportunity then to pursue those issues. Members should keep their focus on second level. If some of the questions feed into second level issues, the witnesses might briefly return to them. We do not want to get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: That is fine. There are many questions for the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I had a question that fits with that. I support the integration and mainstreaming of children, moving children with special needs into mainstream education. Anecdotally, I am aware of some people who put their children into mainstream primary school but then when it comes to second level they move them to special needs. Is that a big phenomenon? If so, what is going on? Does it signify...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: It is food for thought.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Ms Byrne, can you cover some of the other questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Did Ms Maher wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Will Mr. Clive Byrne and Mr. Paul Byrne respond to as many of those questions as they can, including the earlier questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: What is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: At this stage, her questions might be answered and she can read the transcript of the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Will the Senator please wait. He can comment after other speakers comment on the issues raised by Senator Moran.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: That is a broader issue. I would have come across primary schools where half the teachers all had a special post, which I think goes too far the other way. A special post-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: It is not just about giving people the extra money.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: It is a question of striking the right balance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: There are different stakeholders in that regard, but it all forms part of the debate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD (18 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank all of the delegates and members for their input. We will continue to look at this issue. Next week we will meet the chairperson designate of the National Council for Special Education, NCSE.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Reform (12 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to revise the rules regarding student grants for second-chance students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39986/15]