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Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: To return to the Ryan tribunal of 1968, qualification allowances were introduced after that. Can Mr. Ó Foghlú give the rationale for its introduction following the Ryan tribunal?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: To return to 1920, Mr. Ó Foghlú has said the qualifications allowance was introduced then and it was adapted after the Ryan tribunal of 1968. What was the rationale for the introduction of the qualifications allowance going back to that time?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: Effectively, it is an inducement for teachers to pursue further education.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: How did the Ryan tribunal change that? Did it further incentivise people or just result in the addition of money to one's salary if one pursued an advanced degree?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: How many of the 300 or 400 allowances are pensionable?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: I apologise but the Chairman mentioned earlier that the unions were invited to these meetings but refused to attend. Will the Chairman clarify this?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: What reasons did they give?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: I thank the Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: What is the process if one has a recommendation? Having gone through the document a few times, I might have one. Do we put it to the clerk to the committee in open session within the meeting?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: That is okay.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (23 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by the State to fee paying schools in each of the last five years; the number of schools involved and detail them; his views on whether it is important to maintain the ethos of a school particularly for minority religious denominations to ensure their preservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46063/12]

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: Fianna Fáil trusted them.

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: One would swear Fianna Fáil had nothing to do with it.

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: I wish to share time with Deputy McHugh.

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: A part of this Bill I was drawn to, and on which I might agree with the previous speaker, concerns the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, not necessarily the mechanics of setting it up but what the council has been saying and what has happened as a result. The Bill puts the advisory council on a statutory basis and it limits the Minister for Finance's power to fire members of the council,...

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: Perhaps the Deputy might come before the Committee of Public Accounts to answer questions.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (10 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the way the calculation is made for determining the area base for persons with mountain acreage for the purpose of the single farm payment. [43826/12]

Topical Issue Debate: (4 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: My guess is that 1,300 have left the region.

Topical Issue Debate: (4 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: I am guessing that 1,300 people have emigrated. When the jobs were lost in TalkTalk the Government initiated the south-east area action plan. The Minister has shown a real commitment to the region, and I appreciate that. There has been progress in the interdepartmental joined-up thinking process that is important with regard to infrastructure. At the time, the Minister acknowledged that...

Topical Issue Debate: (4 Oct 2012)

John Deasy: I thank the Minister and I appreciate his offer. It is important the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and the people who are active on the ground and doing their job in the region would be included in these meetings.