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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Fair enough. I remind members to concentrate on asking questions rather than making statements.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: If there are outstanding issues we can come back to them. Do Deputies or Senators have any other questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I was going to raise a question about the issue raised by Deputy Ó Riordáin. I agree with him. My favourite model is a State-run, multidenominational model.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I know we do not have that and that we have a long way to go before we get there. There have been many new schools in recent years but when one has parental choice as the centre of one's education provision at primary level, parents use that to confer advantage on their child, understandably so. What happens then is that one gets segregation on the basis of class, race and so on. We have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I understand the Irish Primary Principals' Network, IPPN, conducted a survey. There is a move towards the multidenominational system or Educate Together. So far as I remember, the most recent survey by the IPPN indicated a 60% move towards a multidenominational preference

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Deputy Griffin is indicating but I am not taking any more questions at this stage because we are concluding the debate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Mr. Loftus wants to make a final comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I am going to conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I wish to emphasise that as Mr. Loftus said, because the Minister is in the Dáil with members of this committee it has clashed with today's meeting. I apologise because, as Chairman, I did not foresee that. I wished to explain that situation. We will put the two suggestions on our agenda for meetings in the coming session - both the patronage issue and the schools value-for-money...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (4 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance the information available to him regarding the number of persons that signed up for Life Loans with the Bank of Ireland (details supplied); the implications of this produce on the lives of the mortgagees concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32651/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Investigations (4 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the Government's plans in relation to investigating the events that led to the guarantee and nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32701/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Offices (4 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: 144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to provide a facility for members of the public when waiting at the Clondalkin Social Welfare Office, Dublin (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32632/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Applications (4 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Bord Iascaigh Mhara application for an aquaculture and a foreshore licence for the cultivation of finfish near Inis Oirr in Galway Bay, and the taking on board of concerns expressed about the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32855/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I wish to share time with Deputies Ciarán Lynch and Shane Connaughton.

Mortgage Arrears Proposals: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I recognise that many steps have been put in place by this Government to help people who are in mortgage distress. It is important that all of us, as Deputies, whether we are in Opposition parties or Government parties, acknowledge those steps and get the message out to our constituents so they know where to go and know the measures that are available to them. While I know Deputies would...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Please allow the Deputy to finish.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (10 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: 200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding increases in landfill charges; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that waste collectors are passing this charge on to households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33743/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (10 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Earlier this year, the committee discussed the proposal for a recommendation of the Council of Ministers of the EU on establishing a youth guarantee. In view of the importance we attach to the issue of youth unemployment, we decided to submit a political contribution on our position to the Presidents of the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the European Commission....