Results 801-820 of 7,652 for speaker:Joanna Tuffy
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Any application would have some medical aspect. Is the €44 fee being paid for every application?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: I dealt with a case recently in which the doctor was providing very little information. I suggested that the person get all his information from the hospital. under the freedom of information regime. I went through it, pulled out relevant letters and those were enclosed with the application. Some doctors are not really coming up with the goods and yet they are getting paid for it, which...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: It was invited but it notified us quite late in the day that it could not attend.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Does Mr. Dunne or Ms Cox wish to add anything?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Deputy O'Dea, is that your only question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Does the Deputy mean that a review of the overall scheme?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: I suppose that is an issue for the Department to take on board.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: We cannot address that issue now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: We can write and reiterate the view of the committee. The officials can take note as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: To be fair, the Department has outlined that there has been a review. Is the Carers' Association saying an addition review is required?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: When the Carers Association called for a review what does that mean?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: The association has communicated all of this to the Department.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: If there are no final remarks and everybody is happy, I will bring our discussion to a conclusion. I thank the representatives of the Carers Association, the Disability Federation of Ireland and the Department of Social Protection for their contributions. I thank the members as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future Funding of Higher Education: Expert Group (22 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: In July 2014, the Minister for Education and Skills established an expert group to examine future funding policy for higher education. The group was charged with identifying and considering issues relating to the long-term sustainable funding of higher education in this country, and to identify options for change for consideration by the Minister for Education and Skills. It has had...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future Funding of Higher Education: Expert Group (22 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: We will take questions from members and then return to Mr. Cassells for his responses to them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future Funding of Higher Education: Expert Group (22 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Will the Senator focus on the issues we are discussing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future Funding of Higher Education: Expert Group (22 Apr 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: That is not really relevant to the funding of third level education.