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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on estimated savings in Social Protection expenditure (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45485/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Drugs Payment Scheme Administration (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 is entitled to a refund for medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45471/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on estimated savings in Social Protection expenditure (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45485/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Drugs Payment Scheme Administration (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 is entitled to a refund for medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45471/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: At the request of broadcasting services, I must ask Members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off. Apologies have been received from Senators Averil Power and Diarmuid Wilson. I note one item of correspondence, a notice from the Journal Office advising of Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor's discharge from the committee and the appointment of Deputy Derek Keating in her place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: The purpose of this meeting is to meet with the chairman designate of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland, Mr. Gordon Clark, in order to discuss the approach he will take in his new role and his views on the challenges facing the new authority. Members will be aware of the Government decision of 11 May, which puts new arrangements in place for the appointment of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Thank you. This is a new thing for the committee so we are very grateful to you for appearing before it this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Do you wish to respond, Mr. Clark?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I have a couple of questions. You said the authority has a role in respect of access, transfer and progression. When I was looking up some information during the summer, I noticed that people from Cork College of Commerce could transfer to the UCC law degree course if they obtained a certain grade. They then have a qualification in law and business studies. We need to see more of this in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: What about international learners?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank Mr. Clark for attending and his presentation which was very comprehensive. As I said, this is a new step for the committee which is very important in terms of transparency and public confidence in the State appointments process. It is very reassuring to see in Mr. Clark's presentation how much experience he has in the field of qualifications and assurance and lifelong learning. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank Mr. Clark for attending and wish him all the best in his new role.

Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Amendments from the Seanad (23 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Seanad amendment No. 1 and amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 1 are related and will be discussed together.

Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Amendments from the Seanad (23 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Amendments Nos. 2, 5, 6, 10, 12, 25, amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 25, 26 and amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 26 are related and will be discussed together.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (23 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any State or European funded grants that are specifically targeted at women who study engineering at third level here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46087/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (23 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available for mature students who undertake third level study in addition to the higher education grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46088/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Student Support Schemes (23 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding social welfare recipients may access towards courses that are not provided to them for free but that will lead them to be better skilled and or qualified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46089/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (23 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Health if he will give details of the waiting period, for the last four years, for children seeking speech therapy services in the Lucan area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46050/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (23 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting period for speech therapy in the Lucan area and the need to address this situation because of the large number of children who require these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46051/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Student Support Schemes (23 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding social welfare recipients may access towards courses that are not provided to them for free but that will lead them to be better skilled and or qualified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46089/12]