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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pathways to Work: Department of Social Protection (15 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Do you mean an evaluation of different schemes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pathways to Work: Department of Social Protection (15 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: As the JobPath programme is going through private companies, is it intended to survey the users of it? It would be very important to see what their take is on it. The use of sub-contractors by the contractors was mentioned. What does that mean? What is envisaged by that? This is a very big operation that is being given to private people. The scale of it is huge. Who are the people who...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pathways to Work: Department of Social Protection (15 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: That would be subcontracted out to the State in that case.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pathways to Work: Department of Social Protection (15 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Voluntary organisations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pathways to Work: Department of Social Protection (15 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: There are three of us here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pathways to Work: Department of Social Protection (15 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: There is a Deputy here as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pathways to Work: Department of Social Protection (15 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I agree. There was a good turnout at the beginning of the meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pathways to Work: Department of Social Protection (15 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: That is true. I was a bit worried because of the day that is in it that we might not get a great turnout. Many members of the committee were here at the beginning. I agree with the Senator that members should stay, especially if they have asked questions. It is a problem for this committee and other committees.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pathways to Work: Department of Social Protection (15 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: That is an idea.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pathways to Work: Department of Social Protection (15 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pathways to Work: Department of Social Protection (15 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: We will conclude. I thank our guests and the two Senators, in particular, but all the Members for their contributions.
- Seanad Reform: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I begin by commenting on the comments of Deputies Shane Ross and Catherine Murphy. Deputy Shane Ross mentioned insiders and Deputy Catherine Murphy referred to patronage. They were talking about the manner in which the Seanad is elected in part by Deputies, Senators and local authority members. They include themselves, as Deputies Shane Ross and Catherine Murphy are part of that...
- Topical Issue Debate: Orthodontic Service Provision (16 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: As the fourth Topical Issue matter has also been deferred, the Dáil will adjourn.
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Services Funding (16 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: 210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated each year to the public lending remuneration scheme (details supplied), which is a form of payment to authors for the loan of their books to public libraries; if, in the future, the amount of funding allocated each year may be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (16 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: 222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline his plans to make compulsory, as part of future housing construction requirements, the installation of greywater or wastewater treatment systems (details supplied) in new homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39717/14]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Primary School Boards of Management: Discussion (22 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they are to give the joint committee. However, If they are directed by it to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to qualified privilege in respect of their evidence. They are directed that only...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Primary School Boards of Management: Discussion (22 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I apologise for interrupting, but I would like to keep the initial contribution to five minutes. Perhaps you could discuss boards of management in particular. I do not mean to be political but I am conscious of time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Primary School Boards of Management: Discussion (22 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: My understanding is that we are mainly considering the governance issue. Deputy Daly has requested the debate. We have had much discussion on the issue of cutbacks, and governance is the focus of today's debate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Primary School Boards of Management: Discussion (22 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: We will have to suspend in a few minutes for a vote in the Dáil.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Primary School Boards of Management: Discussion (22 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: So many members must leave to vote that the committee must suspend. I am sorry about that.