Results 7,281-7,300 of 7,652 for speaker:Joanna Tuffy
- 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 ask Ms Whelan to make a presentation on behalf of the Ballymun Jobs Centre.
- 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: For the benefit of the committee and others present, the Ballymun Job Centre is not part of the Department of Social Protection. It is a voluntary community group and has a board of management formed from the local community. Is that correct?
- 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: No. It has been in place since the 1980s.
- 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 invite Mr. Carroll to make the presentation on behalf of the Department of Social Protection.
- 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: It has been a long presentation.
- 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: Thank you. We will now take questions. I call Deputy Ó Snodaigh.
- 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: The Senator can come back in later if necessary.
- 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: We also have the surveys that were carried out, which contain more nuance than that.
- 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: As I am aware that Deputy Ó Snodaigh must leave shortly, will I get the answers first, or does Deputy Brendan Ryan wish to speak now?
- 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: When does Deputy Ó Snodaigh have to leave?
- 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 ask the witnesses to concentrate on Deputy Ó Snodaigh's questions and I will take the rest after that.
- 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 must just move on if Mr. Doorley does not mind and the Senator can come back later.
- 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: Does Ms Whelan or Mr. Creedon wish to answer any questions?
- 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: Would Mr. Carroll or Mr. Corcoran like to come in?
- 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 will stop Mr. Carroll there in order that we can take supplementary questions from members, including me. We will come back to the delegates, including Mr. Power.
- 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: We had a recession. As result of the reduced business being done, jobs were not being created, as they would be in a period of growth. The public service contracted, but in other countries staff were just fired. Here there were voluntary redundancies and a recruitment embargo, to which the various stakeholders signed up, albeit reluctantly. There are contradictions in what people say. On...
- 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 am not talking about the Senator necessarily but this is the discourse.
- 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: What about community employment, Tús, Gateway and JobBridge?
- 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: What is the difference?
- 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 have to say I disagree. I do not agree that a vet cannot get experience because he or she is too qualified but it is okay for an arts graduate or that one cannot be a cleaner or a waitress in a restaurant.We used to have work experience, but it was ad hoc, non-transparent and, perhaps, based on whom one knew. It might have problems, but JobBridge is transparent. It is a State system and,...