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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Grangegorman Development Agency: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I welcome Mr. Oliver Cussen, chairperson designate of the Grangegorman Development Agency. 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Grangegorman Development Agency: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I am interested in hearing Mr. Cussen's response to Deputy O'Brien's question. I do not know anything about the local issues surrounding this project but I am familiar with similar tensions in my own community in the context of schools competing with each other. Often the schools that lose out are the ones that do the most for the disadvantaged. I do not know if that is the case in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Grangegorman Development Agency: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Educate Together can be patrons in its own right, but it is starting to work in partnership with other agencies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Grangegorman Development Agency: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I did not notice that Deputy Catherine Byrne had indicated. I will bring the Deputy in after Mr. Cussen has finished.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Grangegorman Development Agency: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Mr. Cussen has given us a lot of information and has answered a lot of questions about his experience.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Grangegorman Development Agency: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Was there anything else?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Grangegorman Development Agency: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I represent the neighbouring constituency to Deputy Maloney and I have similar issues regarding the technological university. That may not be within the witness's remit although there is probably an overlap. It would great to hear anything he has to say about that issue and the other questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Grangegorman Development Agency: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: We must conclude because we have a second issue on our agenda. This has been a good discussion, probably one of the most thorough we have had with a chairperson designate. This shows the interest of members in the development of the Grangegorman campus. I thank Mr. Cussen and feel sure we will have further engagement with him at some stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Grangegorman Development Agency: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: That would be great as we would definitely be interested in that. We visited about two years ago, so it would be great to see it now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Remit of Ombudsman for Children in School Complaints: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Today we will examine the role, remit and activities of the Ombudsman for Children in regard to schools and their boards of management. I draw the attention of the witness 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Remit of Ombudsman for Children in School Complaints: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank Dr. Muldoon for his presentation. With the agreement of other members, I will call Deputy Jim Daly first because he requested the meeting and has been pressing for some time to have this issue addressed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Remit of Ombudsman for Children in School Complaints: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Would Dr. Muldoon like to respond or will we first take questions from Deputy McConalogue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Remit of Ombudsman for Children in School Complaints: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I remind the Senator that our discussion today is focused on a very specific topic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Remit of Ombudsman for Children in School Complaints: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I cannot allow it to stray into areas which are more relevant to the remit of the health committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Remit of Ombudsman for Children in School Complaints: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I ask the Senator to frame her questions accordingly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Remit of Ombudsman for Children in School Complaints: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Dr. Muldoon has a lot of questions to deal with, so I ask him to respond at this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Remit of Ombudsman for Children in School Complaints: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Sorry for interrupting but what about the Teaching Council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Remit of Ombudsman for Children in School Complaints: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: The report we adopted as a committee did not go that far because it is a fraught issue in terms of the Constitution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Remit of Ombudsman for Children in School Complaints: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Sorry Senator but other questions were asked; we can come back to the supplementaries. Deputy O'Brien had to leave early but I did not want to open the floor to everyone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Remit of Ombudsman for Children in School Complaints: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: No; it does not come within the heading. It is not for our committee.