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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Can the Deputy give the committee the name of the paper by two UCD academics that he mentioned? He might get it for us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank the Deputy. It might be useful for the debate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Does the Senator have a mobile telephone with her?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Somebody's telephone seems to be interfering with the sound quality.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Deputy Conaghan spoke about the value of the community employment scheme from a much broader perspective than that looked at in the ESRI study, which covered a narrow period of years. The ESRI does not seem to have considered the scheme in the context of its original intention. It seems to have a very narrow focus. Does Mr. Egan have any comments on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Mr. Egan indicated the Department is examining the possibility of aligning the Tús and other schemes with community employment. Community employment schemes have been operating for a long time. I participated in a social employment scheme in the early 1990s when I was around 25 years at the time. Restrictions did not apply at that stage. Unlike the JobBridge scheme, community...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Will the Department consider using the supervisors as supervisors on the Tús programme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I will bring in Senator Marie Moloney. A few other members have indicated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I will call on Deputy Michael Conaghan and Deputy Ó Snodaigh and ask them to be brief because SIPTU has to make a presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Thank you. I now invite Mr. Egan to make his concluding remarks and to respond to the questions. Deputy Conaghan asked about the social economy, Deputy Ó Snodaigh asked about numbers and the pooling of purchases and child care provisions and Senator Moloney raised the issue of disability.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank Mr. Egan and his officials for briefing us so comprehensively.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme: Discussion with SIPTU (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I welcome our guests from SIPTU who have asked us to allow them address this meeting. Here with us today are Mr. Darragh O'Connor, community organising sector organiser; Ms Doreen O'Connor, community employment participant Treasure Tots crèche, Ballyfermot, Mr. Seamus Briscoe, community employment supervisor and chairman of the SIPTU national supervisor committee, and Mr. David...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme: Discussion with SIPTU (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I have a number of questions myself. Mr. O'Connor said in presentation that the Government had announced reductions to the CE budget of the order of €36 million, and of 66% in the materials and training allocation. How did he come up with the figure of €36 million? In the presentation by Department officials they mentioned the financial review which says €20.5 million...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme: Discussion with SIPTU (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I refer to the figure of €36 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme: Discussion with SIPTU (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Where are the figures for the cessation of the double payments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme: Discussion with SIPTU (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I was comparing the Department figures with Mr. O'Connor's figures. I looked at a lone parent with a particular number of children and I compared the income to be received from a social employment scheme with what a student nurse receives. The student nurse was coming out a lot worse. The student nurse would be better off financially in the end because he or she would have a career...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme: Discussion with SIPTU (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: If Mr. Darragh O'Connor wishes, he can reply to Deputy Ó Snodaigh's observations and then make his concluding remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme: Discussion with SIPTU (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank the witnesses for briefing us so comprehensively. It has been very valuable to hear both sides, from the Department and the witnesses. This is an issue of great interest to Deputies and Senators because we can see the value of community employment schemes in our constituencies. They have become professional over the years, and now have a formal training and education structure...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up to date position with the Irish overseas aid programme up to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45479/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on estimated tax revenue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45484/12]