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Civil Defence Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Civil Defence Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (29 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider granting South Dublin County Council the same level of allocation per resident from the Local Government Fund in 2013 as Fingal County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53558/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: That concludes the meeting. I thank our guests for their presentations and for answering the questions and the members for their contribution. We will meet next week with the third level institutions so the meeting today will very much inform our meeting next week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Does the HEA class apprenticeship as part of the higher education system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Before I call Mary Doyle, I will allow Deputy McConalogue to come back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: With regard to the issue of transparency in colleges, the HEA has statistics on its website about the number of people in college but it does not go into how many per year or how many per course and so on. One of the recommendations of the points commission is that colleges should publish the number of places they offer on each course. There is a significant lack of transparency about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Before we return to Ms Doyle, I also have a couple of questions. On the cost of third-level education, does the Department or the HEA have any figures on how our costs compare with those of other countries? Obviously, there are other countries that manage to run a free third-level education system, including Finland and other Scandinavian countries which have similar populations to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I ask the Deputy to wrap up with this question because we have other members who wish to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I ask the Deputy to be brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I will revert to each group on those questions because there is a lot of material therein.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Apologies have been received from Senator Diarmuid Wilson and Deputy Jonathan O'Brien. Deputy Colreavy will substitute for Deputy O'Brien. We will go into private session to deal with correspondence and other housekeeping matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I welcome witnesses from the Department of Education and Skills and the Higher Education Authority, HEA, to today's meeting to discuss reform of third level education. From the HEA I welcome Mr. Tom Boland, chief executive officer, Ms Mary Kerr, deputy chief executive, and Mr. Fergal Costello, head of funding institutes of technology. From the Department of Education and Skills I welcome,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (28 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a citizenship application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53139/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (27 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Finance the provisions being made by the National Assets Management Agency in relation to a social dividend from its portfolio of land; the way a community organisation should approach NAMA in relation to the delivery of social dividend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52910/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (27 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding failed asylum seekers and persons illegally present in the State who have been served with a notification of intention to deport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52967/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding proposals for a package of supports for persons who developed narcolepsy as a result of vaccination with pandemrix; the reasons for the delay in bringing the proposals to Dáil Eireann; when he expects to re-establish contact with members of Sufferers of Unique Narcolepsy Disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52585/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Drugs Project Funding (22 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding funding for the North Clondalkin Safety Forum Project, which scheme is currently funded by the Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51948/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (22 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Health the grants that can be applied for by organisations and projects based in the Dublin area that provide services to drug addicts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52033/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (21 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will identify the annual anticipated savings arising from changes introduced from 1 September 2012 to certain rates and PRSI contribution bands for the State pension contributory; the number of claimants affected by the new rules each year from 2012 to 2020; the projected increase in qualified adult and/or State pension non-contributory...