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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Information Technology in Schools: Camara Ireland (28 Jan 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: This has been very informative and we will follow it up. We will have to decide in private session how we might do that with the Department. The delegation is to be commended. Deputy Cannon referred to social enterprise. The delegation is a very good model of that. We will do everything we can to promote that type of activity. We will discuss it further. I thank the delegation on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Information Technology in Schools: Camara Ireland (28 Jan 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: It has been a very good debate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Information Technology in Schools: Camara Ireland (28 Jan 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: The delegation might write to the clerk.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Information Technology in Schools: Camara Ireland (28 Jan 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank our guests and I ask members to remain, if possible, because another set of speakers is waiting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Report on Intreo: Discussion (28 Jan 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: We are now in public session. I ask that all mobile phones be switched off or put on silent model as they interfere with the sound system. I ask if delegates could be mindful of the brief time allocated and I ask them to keep their presentations to five minutes each and these will be followed by questions. We need to finish the meeting by 3.30 p.m. I advise the witnesses that, by virtue of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Report on Intreo: Discussion (28 Jan 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank Mr. Stewart. I understand Mr. McKeon is making the presentation for the Department of Social Protection.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Report on Intreo: Discussion (28 Jan 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: We will now take questions from members. In view of the fact that we need to vacate the room at a particular time, I ask members to restrict their contributions to two minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Report on Intreo: Discussion (28 Jan 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: We are about to wrap up, so please be quick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Report on Intreo: Discussion (28 Jan 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I am conscious of the time. We have to vacate the committee room. We will invite the delegates in again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Report on Intreo: Discussion (28 Jan 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Is there any other question outstanding? We have to conclude the session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Report on Intreo: Discussion (28 Jan 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: We definitely will do that. I wish to thank the delegates and commend them. They are critical but constructively so and they work with the Department to get things changed. This is very much to be admired and welcomed. I thank everyone for attending.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Strategy and Framework for Higher Education: Higher Education Authority (4 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and they continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to a qualified privilege in respect...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Strategy and Framework for Higher Education: Higher Education Authority (4 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: We will come back for further questions. Does Mr. Tom Boland wish to respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Strategy and Framework for Higher Education: Higher Education Authority (4 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: There have been complaints from some members about the high level of activity on their computers when witnesses are speaking. It is somewhat distracting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Strategy and Framework for Higher Education: Higher Education Authority (4 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I am not referring to any one Senator. A few people have devices on. I have been asked, as Chairman, to make that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Strategy and Framework for Higher Education: Higher Education Authority (4 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I will allow the Senator to ask supplementary questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Strategy and Framework for Higher Education: Higher Education Authority (4 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: When the late Tomás Mac Giolla was a TD, he was very much supportive of the Dublin Institute of Technology and the whole VEC sector, including apprenticeships. He used to propose the idea that apprentices should be able to do stuff from the arts as well. Mr. Boland mentioned combining arts, sciences and humanities. We need to consider this for apprentices also. As a public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Strategy and Framework for Higher Education: Higher Education Authority (4 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: On that, you have said there was a growth in numbers of approximately 25,000 over the course of the recession. Was that per year or overall?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Strategy and Framework for Higher Education: Higher Education Authority (4 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Presumably there will be a drop in those numbers if more people return to work. Some people went to college because they could not get jobs and while the funding stayed the same, it was able to accommodate those people. Would a drop in these numbers not allow others to take their place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Strategy and Framework for Higher Education: Higher Education Authority (4 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: How do we compare with other countries? Is our situation unique in terms of our demographic?