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

Joanna Tuffy: Yes, but it is not our remit and it was not on the agenda today.

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

Joanna Tuffy: I think that is a topic for a different committee.

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

Joanna Tuffy: Yes, but it is not on the agenda today. Was there any other outstanding point?

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

Joanna Tuffy: Would that not be a question for the National Council for Special Education?

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

Joanna Tuffy: I will come in myself because I want to make a couple of points. I will then take supplementary questions. I know that Deputy Jim Daly wants to speak again. It is important for this to be said at the committee. I know a lot of people through politics, people who are on school boards of management. I have been on one myself for a local community school. There has been a democratic and...

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

Joanna Tuffy: I have another point. We looked at the issue of school admissions that Deputy O'Brien raised. I personally think that there are constitutional issues, and that is our advice. There are a lot of soft barriers. In his submission, Mr. Walsh mentioned that and the parental rule, which constitute blatant discrimination. When an audit of enrolment policies was done by the Department and the...

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

Joanna Tuffy: Yes, unfortunately that is what happens towards the end of meetings with votes and so on.

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 and the other representatives of the ombudsman's office for attending today's meeting. This is an issue we will need to monitor. I thank the witnesses for their submissions on the issues relevant to education and the ombudsman's office.

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I refer to the provision for local voters who become naturalised. Deputy Coppinger just raised the issue. My constituency, or at least part of it, has a similar profile. Recently, I made inquiries with my local authority about this matter. Consequently, I tabled a parliamentary question this week because I wanted to find out the Department's position. Although the council had a process,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (22 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 13 October 2015, the percentage of the tax yield from incomes of less than €30,000 in 2016, under the terms of budget 2016; if he will indicate if a flat tax of 23% applied, assuming removal of all income tax credits and the percentage of income earners that earn less than €30,000. [37122/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (22 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: 281. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for emergency orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37056/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors (22 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: 349. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding procedures involving electoral registers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37053/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (22 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: 365. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the planned re-opening of the Phoenix Park Tunnel to passenger trains (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37055/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (3 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: The next item - the need to allocate a dedicated IDA Ireland office to County Kerry - is in the name of Deputy Griffin and is addressed to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (3 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: My advice is that it is possible.

Travellers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (3 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has agreed to share his time with other Members.

Travellers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (3 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I wish to express my sympathies to the families of those who died in Carrickmines. I hope that they get every support they need in the aftermath. I would like to focus specifically on the housing aspect of this motion. Deputy Pearse Doherty said earlier that local authorities have failed in the provision of Traveller accommodation. That is not true. There has been a failure on occasion and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Black Economy (3 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: 360. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the crackdown on exploitation of construction workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37886/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme Status (3 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: 1182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the value for money report on the local authority swimming pool programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37894/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: JobBridge and the Youth Guarantee: National Youth Council, Ballymun Jobs Centre and Department of Social Protection (4 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I welcome our guests and will now advise them on privilege. I draw their attention 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...