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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Applications (4 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Bord Iascaigh Mhara application for an aquaculture and a foreshore licence for the cultivation of finfish near Inis Oirr in Galway Bay, and the taking on board of concerns expressed about the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32855/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I am going to conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I wish to emphasise that as Mr. Loftus said, because the Minister is in the Dáil with members of this committee it has clashed with today's meeting. I apologise because, as Chairman, I did not foresee that. I wished to explain that situation. We will put the two suggestions on our agenda for meetings in the coming session - both the patronage issue and the schools value-for-money...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Deputy Griffin is indicating but I am not taking any more questions at this stage because we are concluding the debate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Mr. Loftus wants to make a final comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I understand the Irish Primary Principals' Network, IPPN, conducted a survey. There is a move towards the multidenominational system or Educate Together. So far as I remember, the most recent survey by the IPPN indicated a 60% move towards a multidenominational preference

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I was going to raise a question about the issue raised by Deputy Ó Riordáin. I agree with him. My favourite model is a State-run, multidenominational model.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I know we do not have that and that we have a long way to go before we get there. There have been many new schools in recent years but when one has parental choice as the centre of one's education provision at primary level, parents use that to confer advantage on their child, understandably so. What happens then is that one gets segregation on the basis of class, race and so on. We have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: If there are outstanding issues we can come back to them. Do Deputies or Senators have any other questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I will take questions from the Fianna Fáil spokesperson, followed by the Sinn Féin spokesperson, followed by a representative of the Technical Group, if there is one, followed by a Government representative, if there is one, and followed by Deputies and Senators in the order in which they raise their hands.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I will give the Deputy a minute to wrap up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Deputy McConalogue has spoken for well over five minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Fair enough. I remind members to concentrate on asking questions rather than making statements.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I now invite Mr. Hubert Loftus to make his presentation on behalf of the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: We can probably deal with that matter when we begin asking questions. I call Ms Flynn to make a presentation on behalf of the Catholic Primary School Management Association, CPSMA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: From the board of education of the General Synod of the Church of Ireland I welcome the Right Rev. Dr. Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross; Dr. Ken Fennelly, secretary to the board; and Ms Eimear Ryan, assistant secretary. From the Catholic Primary School Management Association, CPSMA, I welcome Ms Eileen Flynn, general secretary; and Ms Margaret Gorman. From the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (3 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance the protections there are for holders of life insurance policies against insurance companies unreasonably and arbitrarily increasing the premiums to be paid by the policy holder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32477/13]