Results 981-1,000 of 7,652 for speaker:Joanna Tuffy
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: What is the level of course completion among students? That is what I meant.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: We can come back to any issue afterwards when we have finished discussing the programmes. The next programme is programme C, higher education. I will start with Deputy McConalogue.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: Before the Minister responds, I know her output target includes the publication of a technological universities Bill. Has she a timescale for the legislation?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: Will it be done after Easter?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: I will draw that item to a close because we agreed to move on to the next item. We can come back to the issue afterwards if necessary. I will change the order of speakers to allow others in. We will deal with capital services on page 38 of the Department's briefing material. I call Deputy Keating.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: I wish to make a quick point. There has been great progress and I can see it in my constituency but an issue I was wondering about is that some schools are left with a significant number of prefab buildings. When I go to the school, I can see that the conditions of the prefabs are not acceptable but these schools are not getting onto the five-year building programme because it is not...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: Does Deputy Conaghan want to come in on the school buildings?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: Is there a phone in the vicinity because one is causing interference?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: Do members have any further questions?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: This is the new way of doing it, and we have to adhere to it.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: We have two programmes left, which are appropriations-in-aid and administration. I suggest that we group them together with any general questions and try to finish by 12.30 p.m. I have one point to add to what Deputy Conaghan was saying. The HEA recently did a study on participation rates but it was not a full study like the Clancy reports, it was much more partial. The HEA report had...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: Of course, they have been nominated for Oscars. There is a problem in that the HEA is not recognising the progress in those areas. It is because it might not fit into what categories the HEA is examining. I will now call on the Minister to respond to the various points that have been made.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: Under which programme is the National Educational Welfare Board?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: If the Minister wishes to make any closing remarks, she may do so. After that, we will conclude the meeting.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Joanna Tuffy: I thank the Minister, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, the Minister of State, Deputy Damien English, and the officials from the Department of Education and Skills for attending.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Message to Dáil (4 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills.
- Income and Living Conditions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: The has been much publicity and commentary about the recent think tank for action on social change report. The most significant finding of the report is that, basically, after tax and social welfare, Ireland has below EU average levels of income inequality. It starts out with high levels of inequality in the context of market incomes, but when the State kicks in and redistributes income,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: We have a quorum. Apologies have been received from Deputy Charlie McConalogue. I shall now discuss arrangements for this meeting. To facilitate the attendance of our witness today, I propose we remain in public session to consider the issue of higher and further education grants. I make the proposal because the speaker from the Department of Education and Skills must leave at 2.30 p.m....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Between 2.30 p.m. and 2.50 p.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: That is the situation.