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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank Mr. Clark for attending and wish him all the best in his new role.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: What about international learners?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank Mr. Clark for attending and his presentation which was very comprehensive. As I said, this is a new step for the committee which is very important in terms of transparency and public confidence in the State appointments process. It is very reassuring to see in Mr. Clark's presentation how much experience he has in the field of qualifications and assurance and lifelong learning. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Thank you. This is a new thing for the committee so we are very grateful to you for appearing before it this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Do you wish to respond, Mr. Clark?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I have a couple of questions. You said the authority has a role in respect of access, transfer and progression. When I was looking up some information during the summer, I noticed that people from Cork College of Commerce could transfer to the UCC law degree course if they obtained a certain grade. They then have a qualification in law and business studies. We need to see more of this in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: At the request of broadcasting services, I must ask Members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off. Apologies have been received from Senators Averil Power and Diarmuid Wilson. I note one item of correspondence, a notice from the Journal Office advising of Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor's discharge from the committee and the appointment of Deputy Derek Keating in her place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: The purpose of this meeting is to meet with the chairman designate of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland, Mr. Gordon Clark, in order to discuss the approach he will take in his new role and his views on the challenges facing the new authority. Members will be aware of the Government decision of 11 May, which puts new arrangements in place for the appointment of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up to date position with the Irish overseas aid programme up to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45479/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on estimated tax revenue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45484/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on estimated savings in Social Protection expenditure (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45485/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Drugs Payment Scheme Administration (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 is entitled to a refund for medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45471/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on estimated savings in Social Protection expenditure (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45485/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Drugs Payment Scheme Administration (18 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 is entitled to a refund for medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45471/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme: Discussion with SIPTU (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank the witnesses for briefing us so comprehensively. It has been very valuable to hear both sides, from the Department and the witnesses. This is an issue of great interest to Deputies and Senators because we can see the value of community employment schemes in our constituencies. They have become professional over the years, and now have a formal training and education structure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme: Discussion with SIPTU (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: If Mr. Darragh O'Connor wishes, he can reply to Deputy Ó Snodaigh's observations and then make his concluding remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme: Discussion with SIPTU (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I refer to the figure of €36 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme: Discussion with SIPTU (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Where are the figures for the cessation of the double payments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme: Discussion with SIPTU (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I was comparing the Department figures with Mr. O'Connor's figures. I looked at a lone parent with a particular number of children and I compared the income to be received from a social employment scheme with what a student nurse receives. The student nurse was coming out a lot worse. The student nurse would be better off financially in the end because he or she would have a career...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme: Discussion with SIPTU (17 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: I have a number of questions myself. Mr. O'Connor said in presentation that the Government had announced reductions to the CE budget of the order of €36 million, and of 66% in the materials and training allocation. How did he come up with the figure of €36 million? In the presentation by Department officials they mentioned the financial review which says €20.5 million...