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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Education Budget: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Mar 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: Okay, I wish to ask a couple of questions myself. As regards fee-paying schools, our committee is looking at the Finnish education system. By law, schools in Finland - including private schools - cannot charge fees. That is an interesting system. They do have private schools in the Finnish system but they are not allowed to charge fees, so they must find extra funds elsewhere. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Education Budget: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Mar 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: I wish to clarify that in Finland the private schools are State-funded, like here, but they are not allowed to charge fees. Their tuition is paid for by the State but they cannot charge fees. I will now ask the Minister to respond.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (18 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the entitlements regarding financial support towards the cost of fees of students from here studying in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56954/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: ...about the need to plan ahead on the issue of loans, that is not Government policy. It is an ideological policy issue. For example, a number of years ago the university heads wanted to reintroduce fees, while the institutes of technology did not. There was, therefore, a difference of opinion. Things may have changed since, but there is no Government policy on a loan scheme. Planning...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Forthcoming Education, Youth and Culture Council: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (14 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: ...to influence reform in regard to the fund? In the 1980s and 1990s, ESF funding was very important to our development. There are a considerable number of ESF-funded courses that predated free fees. Can we get this kind of funding again? It would obviously help with our third level funding issue. This issue could be very much associated with the skills shortages in Ireland.

Education Funding: Motion [Private Members] (13 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: ...in the case of local authorities and VECs. While it is not something new, some students try and buy time by applying for a grant, but they do not have the money put together for the registration fee. This situation is exacerbated in the current economic climate. People might not qualify for the grant, but are nearly in the range, and they might put in an application but be unable to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Managing Back to School Costs: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Are there any other members offering? As nobody is offering I will raise a number of issues. It was suggested to me that an upfront enrolment fee can be a deterrent for low-income families to apply for a place in such a school. Should there be a higher capitation fee for schools located in older school buildings? Obviously people attending schools with newer buildings will not agree, but...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (18 Sep 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the number of applications for tax relief in respect of the third level registration fee; the amount refunded in total to those qualifying for the relief and how this compares with his estimates for this tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38087/12]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (10 May 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a commitment to provide a €2,000 fee contribution grant to a limited number of postgraduate students who would previously have qualified under the standard grant thresholds; when he expects to announce the income threshold for this grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23440/12]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (29 Feb 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure to date on the proposed new national children's hospital, including any cost for planning, design, architect fees, engineers fees, reports and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11678/12]

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Feb 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: ...representative more so than a solicitor. That is the area about which the public is mainly unhappy in terms of the professions regulating themselves, in particular on the issue of solicitors' fees, which is the area I have dealt with. It is not just a matter of public perception. The public has legitimate concerns. I provided assistance as a public representative to a couple who were...

Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: ...a customer. However, students are not customers, no more than primary schoolchildren. A right to a third level education has been established. There is substantial evidence that when third level fees were in place, they were a barrier to participation in college. I cannot go into all of the statistics, but there have been substantial increases, as covered in the report, Who Goes to...

Adjournment Debate Matters (10 Nov 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: ...where a developer has not finished the property properly, the building is not insured, there are no proper fire safety certificates, many people in the development are not paying their management fees and this means that money is not available to provide the services required. Matters will get worse in the next few years. More problems will arise, many of which will be related to the...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (5 Oct 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: ...of the HPV cervical cancer vaccine per Health Service Executive region; the numbers of young women already vaccinated; her view on providers of the vaccine offering the service to older girls for a fee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34700/10]

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: -----in Government that the Labour Party has supported. For example, we agree that third level tuition fees should not be reintroduced. We have strongly supported some the changes it has made regarding planning. We support the Government's initiatives on civil partnership. The problem with this Bill is that there are different views. For example, studies carried out on the Ward Union...

Order of Business (25 Feb 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: ...Seanad last May but nothing has happened with it since. Meanwhile, disputes are ongoing between apartment owners and managing agents, with the apartment owners, on the one hand, not paying their fees and leaving a shortfall in the accounts for management companies, and the managing agents, on the other hand, not providing the services they should be providing. These disputes could be...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (10 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the required 8% reduction in professional fees has been implemented by his Department for 2009; the estimated savings arising from that implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46165/09]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Science on the number of primary teachers, in non fee paying primary schools at the end of September 2007, end of September 2008, and end of September 2009 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42431/09]

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (19 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the numbers of children attending non fee paying primary schools at the end of September 2007, end of September 2008 and at the end of September 2009 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42432/09]

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: ...McCarthy report there would be more people on the dole and out of work. The McCarthy report makes many suggestions concerned with reversing social progress such as reintroducing third level tuition fees and cutting 2,000 special needs assistant posts. It is very much a return to the old slash and burn approach of the 1980s which decimated our health system. There are alternatives to the...