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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I invite Ms Brigid Quilligan, director of the Irish Traveller Movement, to make her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I call Dr. Ken Fennelly, General Synod Board of Education.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I call Ms Teresa Griffin, National Council for Special Education, NCSE, to make her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank Ms Corr. I invite Mr. Evan Buckley from Education and Training Boards Ireland to make his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I ask Mr. Hanevy to wrap up, as his five minutes are up. Perhaps he can summarise the rest of his statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Yes, we can come back with any questions. I invite Ms Áine Lynch, of the National Parents Council, to make her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Does that conclude the statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Perhaps Ms Lynch can revert to it later. I wish to allow enough time for questions and urge people to keep within the five minutes allocated because members do not need the entire presentation again, just the summary. It is important that this is what takes place. I now invite Ms Breda Corr of the National Association of Boards of Management in Special Education to make her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: 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 joint committee. However, if they are directed by it to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to qualified privilege in respect of their evidence. They are directed that only evidence...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (4 Dec 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: 46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the regulations governing secondary school enrolment fees/voluntary contributions; his plans to introduce any changes to the current situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52002/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Remit (3 Dec 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: 131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will include semi State bodies such as Coillte and Bord na Móna in the Freedom of Information Bill 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51765/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Placements (3 Dec 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: 150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way her Department defines job displacement in relation to JobBridge. [51320/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Placements (3 Dec 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: 152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to the waiving of the six month cooling-off period, allowing an employer to take on another intern immediately if the previous intern was employed by the host organisation or another company, if the internship should be fully completed, that is a full six/nine month duration for this to take place; if an intern is hired several months...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (3 Dec 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: 151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to the circa 2,400 jobseekers who have had penalty rates applied to their payments for failure to accept offers of education, training or employment, if any of these penalties related to the JobBridge scheme; if not, if she will provide a break down of specific training schemes and education schemes which featured in this list. [51321/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programme (3 Dec 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: 153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in respect of the Tús and Gateway schemes designed to get the long-term unemployed into employment, the reason participants cannot leave these schemes if they find part-time work (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51323/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Issues (28 Nov 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: 165. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the community first responder scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51203/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Framework for the Junior Cycle: Discussion with ASTI, IHRC and Irish Heart Foundation (27 Nov 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: We will conclude the meeting. I thank the witnesses and also the members of the committee for their contributions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Framework for the Junior Cycle: Discussion with ASTI, IHRC and Irish Heart Foundation (27 Nov 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Sorry to interrupt but there is a vote in the Seanad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Framework for the Junior Cycle: Discussion with ASTI, IHRC and Irish Heart Foundation (27 Nov 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I have some questions and Deputy McConalogue is keen to come back in again briefly. One issue that has been raised already relates to the existing problems with the junior certificate that have been identified. One problem with State examinations is that they contribute to six years of rote learning, or five years if we discount transition year. People are being lost in first or second...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Framework for the Junior Cycle: Discussion with ASTI, IHRC and Irish Heart Foundation (27 Nov 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: My understanding is that early school leavers will still be recognised with the FETAC certification. Ms Maguire referred to the role of teachers now under the junior certificate. Teachers at primary level carry out assessment of pupils. There is FETAC certification in the further education system that does not involve State examinations. We already have it in our system. The junior...