Results 5,101-5,120 of 7,652 for speaker:Joanna Tuffy
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: Someone among the Minister's officials has a mobile telephone switched on and it is interfering with the sound. Perhaps the Minister and his officials can switch off their telephones. We are now dealing with early years education. The estimate lists ten context and impact indicator figures for programme A. These are reproduced on page 15 of the brief supplied by the Department. Deputy...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: There should be greater scope for schools to reduce costs, whether energy or insurance costs, by co-operating regionally. Is there any progress on that, or will it happen under the education and training boards when they are set up?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: The committee would be interested in hearing a comment from the Minister on programme A in regard to the question of the programme targets and associated financial allocations being contemplated for 2014.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: Although we are considering what happened, we are interested to know what information the Minister has from the Department on the targets under programme A and the associated financial allocations being contemplated for 2014. What are the Estimates for 2014?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: I will move now to programme B. It is on page 18 of the Department briefing. It deals with skills development. It is on page 13 of our material. There are six headings in this programme, which includes FÁS, SOLAS administration and training costs. I will not list them all. We will begin questions.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: Does anybody else wish to speak?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: We had very good attendance at that meeting from the committee and constituency Deputies. I asked whether the representatives from Ballyfermot whether the college would apply for SpringBoard. They thought they were not eligible. I tabled a number of parliamentary questions on the matter. I have established that the college could apply for SpringBoard. A place like that could be used by...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: Are there any further questions?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: We will move on to programme C, higher education, which is on page 21 of the Department's brief. The list of headings is on page 22. This programme is covered on page 15 of our own brief. There are seven headings to be dealt with. Does anyone want to ask any questions? I will ask a general question. There seems to be a lack of transparency regarding some of the institutions....
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: What about Trinity College, which I attended?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: It is also the smallest, although I do not mean to be derogatory. It is important in the overall scheme of things, but in terms of access for people from disadvantaged areas, it would not come near that of the DIT and similar colleges. Trinity College Dublin has that programme, but it is a very small part of the bigger picture at the college. For example, it provides virtually the same...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: I will do that.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: I have one question about DCU. It has links with Open University, as do other institutions as far as I know. Although it started in Britain it has extended into Ireland and has headquarters in Northern Ireland. I was at the graduation ceremony recently and there was huge number of graduates. They had done really well through Open University in the Republic. Does the Minister see the Open...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: He lives in Cork.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: My understanding is that there have been some initiatives with the Teachers' Council here to bring people up to the maths standard, and it has done some Springboard courses. Perhaps it could collaborate with other institutions.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: If everybody is happy with that, we will move to the next programme, which is capital services-----
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: We will move on to Programme D, capital services. There are six headings. Do Deputies have any questions about this programme?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: If Deputies are agreeable, we will move to the next subhead which covers appropriations-in-aid which is dealt with on page 21 of the document. It is not contained in the Department's briefing material, but it is contained in ours and we should be able to work from it. The subhead appropriations-in-aid covers the headings of superannuation contributions, ESF, EGF and other EU receipts and...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: The table on page 4 of the Department's briefing material on appropriations-in-aid may also assist Deputies. A vote has been called, but we have a few minutes before we will have to leave. How do Deputies want to proceed?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: Deputies' outstanding questions-----