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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Mr. McKeon was in the middle of answering questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Is it with regard to the Equal Status Act?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Before this meeting, the Oireachtas Library and Research Service circulated the committee with a document and it contains some of them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: It is a good idea.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: We will return to that issue. I want to allow Deputy Brendan Ryan to contribute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: With regard to the expected inflow of young people, is the figure for the back-to-work enterprise allowance 200?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Similarly, the figure for Gateway is low. Community employment must also be considered in this regard. With regard to the back-to-work enterprise allowance, should we not be aiming to have more young people set up their own companies and businesses? I have noticed that some people in receipt of the back-to-work enterprise allowance are individuals from an older generation who are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Could we not do something about this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I agree. As the Seanad is debating this matter, I wonder whether we should be-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: We have had a good and informative discussion.
- Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (4 Jun 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Amendments Nos. 3 and 4 are related and may be discussed together. As amendment No. 4 is an alternative to amendment No. 3, if amendment No. 3 is agreed to, amendment No. 4 cannot be moved.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: School Book Rental Scheme: Discussion (4 Jun 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Before beginning I draw the attention of all witnesses to the position in regard to privilege. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to this committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and they continue to do so, they are entitled...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: School Book Rental Scheme: Discussion (4 Jun 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Could you conclude now, please? You are well over the time we allotted for this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: School Book Rental Scheme: Discussion (4 Jun 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I invite the next speaker, Mr. Matt Ryan, of the Department of Education and Skills.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: School Book Rental Scheme: Discussion (4 Jun 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Ms Anna Heussaff and Ms Nicola Winters are representing Dublin Friends of the Earth while Ms Deirdre McDonnell and Mr. John Dolan are representing the Department of Education and Skills. I invite Ms Heussaff to make the presentation on behalf of Dublin Friends of the Earth.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: School Book Rental Scheme: Discussion (4 Jun 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I call on the final speaker, Mr. Dolan, to make a presentation on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: School Book Rental Scheme: Discussion (4 Jun 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: We could do that, and Ms McDonnell could elaborate on that when replying to questions. I call Senator Power first and ask members to confine their contributions to three minutes to enable a second round of questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: School Book Rental Scheme: Discussion (4 Jun 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: The Senator has now exceeded three minutes. Has she a question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: School Book Rental Scheme: Discussion (4 Jun 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: It would be helpful if members could move to put a question as quickly as possible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: School Book Rental Scheme: Discussion (4 Jun 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I appreciate that, but by moving to questions we will give all the members the chance to ask a question.