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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I welcome witnesses from the Department of Education and Skills and the Higher Education Authority, HEA, to today's meeting to discuss reform of third level education. From the HEA I welcome Mr. Tom Boland, chief executive officer, Ms Mary Kerr, deputy chief executive, and Mr. Fergal Costello, head of funding institutes of technology. From the Department of Education and Skills I welcome,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I ask the Deputy to wrap up with this question because we have other members who wish to contribute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I ask the Deputy to be brief.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I will revert to each group on those questions because there is a lot of material therein.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Before we return to Ms Doyle, I also have a couple of questions. On the cost of third-level education, does the Department or the HEA have any figures on how our costs compare with those of other countries? Obviously, there are other countries that manage to run a free third-level education system, including Finland and other Scandinavian countries which have similar populations to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: With regard to the issue of transparency in colleges, the HEA has statistics on its website about the number of people in college but it does not go into how many per year or how many per course and so on. One of the recommendations of the points commission is that colleges should publish the number of places they offer on each course. There is a significant lack of transparency about the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Does the HEA class apprenticeship as part of the higher education system?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Before I call Mary Doyle, I will allow Deputy McConalogue to come back in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: That concludes the meeting. I thank our guests for their presentations and for answering the questions and the members for their contribution. We will meet next week with the third level institutions so the meeting today will very much inform our meeting next week.
- Civil Defence Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Nov 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Civil Defence Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Nov 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Topical Issue Debate: Student Training Allowances (29 Nov 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I had hoped the Minister for Health or one of his Ministers of State would be here.
- Topical Issue Debate: Student Training Allowances (29 Nov 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I have had replies from the Minister to several parliamentary questions on this issue and had hoped the Minister would be here, given that he knows the background to the matter. In any event, I wish to know the up-to-date position regarding the reason for non-payment to third year DIT biomedical science students of the monthly training allowance payable to them while on placement in public...
- Topical Issue Debate: Student Training Allowances (29 Nov 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I thank the Minister of State for his response. The students work full-time when they are on placement in hospitals. As a result of the allowance for DIT students, many are required to take on part-time employment in addition to their full-time placements. Clearly, that undermines their ability to work to their full capacity in the hospitals concerned. The Department of Health has stated...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (29 Nov 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider granting South Dublin County Council the same level of allocation per resident from the Local Government Fund in 2013 as Fingal County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53558/12]
- Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: The Deputy's time is up.
- Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I understand the Minister of State is sharing time with Deputies Nolan, Connaughton and Conway. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Deputy Mac Lochlainn without interruption, please.
- Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: As Deputy McLellan was not present, I did not include her previously. Is it agreed that she can share time with Deputy Mac Lochlainn? Agreed.
- Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Is that agreed? Agreed.