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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Does Ms Quinn mean now or in six months time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Has a member state ever taken a strong stance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Will it come out of the European Social Fund?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I have a few questions. Do the witnesses and the Minister have concerns about what is proposed? What input has Ireland had into the proposal? If we were to seek a reasoned opinion, what is the problem? We were given powers under the Lisbon treaty. If there is a problem, why would countries not use that power? On the issue of subsidiarity, it is stated that the proposal replaces existing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: In terms of the other options, is there some way we could raise concerns about it but not necessarily do the reasoned opinion? What is Ms Quinn's view on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: What about us as a committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Okay. Have members any other questions? I thank Ms Quinn and the other representatives from the Departments and we will take into account what Ms Quinn has told us. I thank her for presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I propose that we now go into private session. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: The committee has decided to make a political contribution on the EU legislative proposal, COM (2012) 617, to the European Commission and the European Parliament. We are also going to have further EU scrutiny on the issue. We will copy this information to the Minister for Social Protection and it will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Council for Special Education: Discussion with Chairman Designate (19 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: We move on to our meeting with Mr. Eamonn Stack, who is chairman designate of the National Council for Special Education. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss with Mr. Stack the approach he will take in his new role, as well as his views on the challenges facing the council. Members will be aware of the Government decision of May 2011 which puts new arrangements in place for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Council for Special Education: Discussion with Chairman Designate (19 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank Mr. Stack. I would like to bring to the attention of members that the new chairman designate will not be remunerated for this role apart from receiving incidental travel expenses. The authority is new and we cannot expect him to comment on its operations to date. As a division has been called in the Seanad, I will allow Senator Fidelma Healy Eames to put the first question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Council for Special Education: Discussion with Chairman Designate (19 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I join members in wishing Mr. Stack well. He is very well qualified and experienced. He chaired the planning group within the Department which produced the report on a national support service for special education for students with disabilities in 2000 which led, inter alia, to the establishment of the council. While I do not expect Mr. Stack to have an answer right now, as a public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Council for Special Education: Discussion with Chairman Designate (19 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank Mr. Stack for his presentation and for briefing the committee. Is it agreed that the committee inform the Minister for Education and Skills that we have concluded our discussion with Mr. Stack and that we will forward a copy of the transcript of the meeting to the Minister for his information? Agreed. The select committee will meet on Thursday, 17 January 2013 to discuss the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (20 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.4 of 6 December 2012 in which he estimated a total revenue of €395 million from the taxation of child benefit, the rate and amount of tax a month that would be deducted from child benefit in the examples (detailed supplied) this information to be furnished in tabular form [57609/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of allowing unmarried couples for joint assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57610/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (20 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of a number of taxi drivers (details supplied) regarding the recommendations for the taxi industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57526/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (16 Jan 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Finance the position pertaining in respect of a person if a bank fails to make a timely decision in respect of a complaint to that bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1071/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (16 Jan 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the pension scheme in place for current Oireachtas members; the amount of contributions deducted from Members salaries for the scheme; the situation in relation to pension entitlements for former Oireachtas members who may, in the future, be re-elected to Dáil Éireann and who have built up pension...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (16 Jan 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the social employment schemes and places will be allocated to local authorities; the date on which these schemes may be applied for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1068/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Expenditure on Carers (16 Jan 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on any changes in the payments made to carer's in the years 2002 and to date, including in Budget 2013, in tabular form; the numbers that qualified for the various payments in each of the years concerned; the overall budget for carer's supports from her Department in each of those years in tabular form; the data that is...