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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: We have the basis.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: Many issues have been raised in the context of the first programme on first, second and early school education. We will wrap up that programme. Is the Deputy's question on it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: Yes, but it is probably another day's work. I understand that the Union of Students in Ireland, USI, is in favour of testing in principle. It adopted a decision recently. It would be good to have the USI attend on this issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: If members are agreeable, we will move to programme B on skills development and work our way through the programmes on higher education, etc.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: That matter was covered briefly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: If members are agreeable, we will move on to skills development, the element that includes FÁS-SOLAS, Quality and Qualifications Ireland, etc. Do members have questions on this programme? It is outlined on pages 8 and 9 of the committee secretariat’s briefing. As there are no questions, I will ask one. Will the education and training boards, ETBs, fall under this section?...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: -----Dún Laoghaire and other bodies was on Monday. Will savings accrue from the merger this year or next year? Has a figure been put on the savings?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: The savings in the foreseeable future will not be large.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: Programme C is higher education, as outlined on pages 9 and 10 of the briefing. Are there questions on it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: We are discussing the tables from the Department which deal with the savings. They are probably presented in a slightly different format from the Estimates. If Deputy McConalogue is agreeable, I suggest we stick to this programme and then we can move back. The level of funding to the third level sector was cut. How did that work out in practice? Would the Minister comment on how the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: On the issue raised by Deputy McConalogue, the Department used to break down expenditure under eight headings, but this has now been reduced to four headings. For example, programmes 7 and 8 under the old system are now programme C, which deals with higher education in its entirety. Are there any further questions on higher education before we move on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: Before the Minister replies on that, I asked whether more could be done to get funding from the Department's top fund for our third level sector. The ESF funding was very important in the 1980s and 1990s. ESF funding of courses meant many more people could go to college. That was the start of free education for many people who might not otherwise have gone to college. Could funding from...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: They seem a bit like league tables for second level schools, which in no way get across the message about teachers who help pupils who might not otherwise have made it through the education system.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: What is the expenditure on this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: On that point, can the Minister say how many additional school places will be needed next year? Does he have an estimate of how many extra places will be needed and how does he tie that in with the need for buildings?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: What is the figure for next year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: Deputy Ryan asked about Traveller children in the education system. Some educational programmes for Traveller children were discontinued in recent years. Has the Minister any information on the progress achieved in supporting and keeping Traveller children in education?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: The Deputy is speechless.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: That concludes today's proceedings. I thank the Minister, Deputy Quinn, the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, and their officials for attending. It is expected that the committee will consider the 2014 Estimates for the Department of Education and Skills early in the new year. This forms part of a new all-year budgetary process. I thank everyone. We will adjourn until 1 p.m. on...
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)
Joanna Tuffy: My question relates to a matter mentioned by the Tánaiste. Members make the best of facilities in the House. Members are particularly able to make an input in committees. At this stage, they have a more meaningful input in committees than here in the Chamber. The problem in the Chamber is that everything centres around set pieces such as Leaders' Questions and the rest of the...