Results 6,661-6,680 of 7,652 for speaker:Joanna Tuffy
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: Does anyone else have questions on programme A?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: That is programme D.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: No, not at this time.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: The Deputy can make those comments at the end.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: We will move on now to the next programme, programme B - skills development. This covers grants to SOLAS for administration and training, grants and supports, European Social Fund and European Globalisation Adjustment Fund supports, grants to SOLAS for further education and training activities, grants to Quality and Qualifications Ireland, superannuation payable to former FÁS, SOLAS and...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: Did Deputy McConalogue want to come in with any questions?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: I am just asking in case there is any duplication of questions.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: Will there be an evaluation of Springboard? For instance, what is the completion rate and how successful is it in terms of participants getting employment afterwards? Is there anything like that?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: What is the level of course completion among students? That is what I meant.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: We can come back to any issue afterwards when we have finished discussing the programmes. The next programme is programme C, higher education. I will start with Deputy McConalogue.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: Before the Minister responds, I know her output target includes the publication of a technological universities Bill. Has she a timescale for the legislation?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: Will it be done after Easter?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: I will draw that item to a close because we agreed to move on to the next item. We can come back to the issue afterwards if necessary. I will change the order of speakers to allow others in. We will deal with capital services on page 38 of the Department's briefing material. I call Deputy Keating.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: I wish to make a quick point. There has been great progress and I can see it in my constituency but an issue I was wondering about is that some schools are left with a significant number of prefab buildings. When I go to the school, I can see that the conditions of the prefabs are not acceptable but these schools are not getting onto the five-year building programme because it is not...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: Does Deputy Conaghan want to come in on the school buildings?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: Is there a phone in the vicinity because one is causing interference?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: Do members have any further questions?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: This is the new way of doing it, and we have to adhere to it.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: We have two programmes left, which are appropriations-in-aid and administration. I suggest that we group them together with any general questions and try to finish by 12.30 p.m. I have one point to add to what Deputy Conaghan was saying. The HEA recently did a study on participation rates but it was not a full study like the Clancy reports, it was much more partial. The HEA report had...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: Of course, they have been nominated for Oscars. There is a problem in that the HEA is not recognising the progress in those areas. It is because it might not fit into what categories the HEA is examining. I will now call on the Minister to respond to the various points that have been made.