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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Thank you. I now invite Mr. Egan to make his concluding remarks and to respond to the questions. Deputy Conaghan asked about the social economy, Deputy Ó Snodaigh asked about numbers and the pooling of purchases and child care provisions and Senator Moloney raised the issue of disability.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I thank Mr. Egan and his officials for briefing us so comprehensively.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme: Discussion with SIPTU (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I welcome our guests from SIPTU who have asked us to allow them address this meeting. Here with us today are Mr. Darragh O'Connor, community organising sector organiser; Ms Doreen O'Connor, community employment participant Treasure Tots crèche, Ballyfermot, Mr. Seamus Briscoe, community employment supervisor and chairman of the SIPTU national supervisor committee, and Mr. David...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I will bring in Senator Marie Moloney. A few other members have indicated.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I will call on Deputy Michael Conaghan and Deputy Ó Snodaigh and ask them to be brief because SIPTU has to make a presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Mr. Egan indicated the Department is examining the possibility of aligning the Tús and other schemes with community employment. Community employment schemes have been operating for a long time. I participated in a social employment scheme in the early 1990s when I was around 25 years at the time. Restrictions did not apply at that stage. Unlike the JobBridge scheme, community...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Will the Department consider using the supervisors as supervisors on the Tús programme?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Can the Deputy give the committee the name of the paper by two UCD academics that he mentioned? He might get it for us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I thank the Deputy. It might be useful for the debate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Does the Senator have a mobile telephone with her?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Somebody's telephone seems to be interfering with the sound quality.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Deputy Conaghan spoke about the value of the community employment scheme from a much broader perspective than that looked at in the ESRI study, which covered a narrow period of years. The ESRI does not seem to have considered the scheme in the context of its original intention. It seems to have a very narrow focus. Does Mr. Egan have any comments on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Before inviting members to ask questions, will Mr. Egan give me a summary of the financial review?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: From where did Mr. Egan get the extra money?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: At our recent meeting on the Department of Social Protection's main policy goal of minimising unemployment, we considered measures to integrate those with disabilities into the workforce and entitlement to the self-employed. Today, we are considering that policy goal and initiatives in the Department to review community employment schemes. I welcome our guests from the Department of Social...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated tax yield for a full year if the universal social charge was reformed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45113/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the number of recipients who are in receipt of a reduced rate State contributory pension arising from the changes introduced from 1 September 2012 to the yearly average bands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45217/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (17 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the number of recipients who are in receipt of reduced rate State contributory pension arising from their eligibility for having a yearly average of at least 10 full rate contributions paid and or credited from the date of entry into insurance to the end of the last full contribution year before reaching age 66 years....
- Topical Issue Debate: Priory Hall Development (16 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: We are running over time so I ask Members to be very brief.
- Topical Issue Debate: Priory Hall Development (16 Oct 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: The Deputy's time is up.