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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implementation of Junior Cycle Student Award: Minister for Education and Skills (13 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: On that point, when I initially heard about the reforms, my instinct was conservative. Now, I am an absolute advocate of the reforms, as proposed, to move away from the State exam. The more I thought about it and the more I read about it, the more in favour of it I became. My daughter is nine years of age and will be ten in the summer. I do not want her to have to be under the kind of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implementation of Junior Cycle Student Award: Minister for Education and Skills (13 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Can I bring up Senator Moran first and then I will go back to you?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implementation of Junior Cycle Student Award: Minister for Education and Skills (13 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Okay. Very briefly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implementation of Junior Cycle Student Award: Minister for Education and Skills (13 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Before I call Deputy Griffin, I should point out that proper procedure dictates that the Minister is the witness and the officials are here to assist the Minister. They may respond if they wish to but are not obliged to.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implementation of Junior Cycle Student Award: Minister for Education and Skills (13 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I would not say there is broad agreement on that point, Senator.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implementation of Junior Cycle Student Award: Minister for Education and Skills (13 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Senator Healy Eames cannot make such a proposal because she is not a member of the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implementation of Junior Cycle Student Award: Minister for Education and Skills (13 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Such a proposal must come-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implementation of Junior Cycle Student Award: Minister for Education and Skills (13 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Anybody-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implementation of Junior Cycle Student Award: Minister for Education and Skills (13 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Just to be clear, any Member of the Oireachtas is entitled to attend or speak-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implementation of Junior Cycle Student Award: Minister for Education and Skills (13 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Priority is given to committee members in terms of the ordering of contributions. It would not be appropriate for the Senator to propose-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implementation of Junior Cycle Student Award: Minister for Education and Skills (13 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Yes, but technically the Senator cannot propose-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implementation of Junior Cycle Student Award: Minister for Education and Skills (13 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Does the Senator have a question? That is really what we are here for.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implementation of Junior Cycle Student Award: Minister for Education and Skills (13 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I do not think it would be appropriate to accept such a motion, to be honest. I now call on the Minister to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implementation of Junior Cycle Student Award: Minister for Education and Skills (13 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I call Deputy O'Brien and Senator Moloney to follow.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implementation of Junior Cycle Student Award: Minister for Education and Skills (13 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Will there be a second chance if someone does not have honours maths? For students wanting to do engineering, some colleges have a way around it. It would be important not to rule people out because they do not have honours maths.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I welcome Mr. John McKeon, Mr. Paul Carroll and Mr. Brian McCormick from the Department of Social Protection who will brief us on the implementation of the youth guarantee. I invite Mr. McKeon to make his presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: That is taking everything into account. It is taking in stuff outside the youth guarantee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: We still have a few minutes, so we will not suspend immediately. We can suspend in a few minutes for the duration of that vote.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: If members want, we can-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Sitting suspended at 2.10 p.m. and resumed at 2.25 p.m.