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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: I know.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: There is no order. Some committees discuss private business at the end of their meetings. The witness must leave for a flight at 2.30 p.m. The Deputy will have an opportunity to raise her issue next week if she cannot be here for private session at 2.30 p.m. today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: The Deputy will have an opportunity to raise the matter when we reach private business. I propose that we stay in public session now, have the witnesses in and discuss SUSI because the speaker must leave at 2.30 p.m. to speak at an EU meeting, on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. Is that agreed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Is my proposal agreed by the other members? Agreed, and that is the majority's decision.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: If Deputy Joan Collins cannot raise her matter today then she can raise it at the next meeting, if necessary.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: We are here to discuss higher and further education grants, in particular the operation and effects of the current approach to income assessment. The joint committee last considered the higher and further education grant system in 2013, following the establishment of SUSI. Major concerns arose then but they appear to have been largely resolved at this stage. There was a lot of work done...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: I am sorry to interrupt but I forgot to read the note on privilege, which I must do. I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and they...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Perhaps we can go through the headings.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Our next speaker is Mr. Graham Doyle from SUSI.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: If it contains any general information that we already know, we can take it as read. I ask Mr. Doyle to address the specifics of the issues arising without giving the background to the grant system.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Is there a mobile telephone near the Senator?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: There appears to be some interference from a telephone.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Can you send an update to the committee in due course about what is decided?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Any comments?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Who is the question directed at?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: The Department cannot really say anything on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Senator Marie Moloney raised the issue of step-parents.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Regarding late applications where there is a change of circumstances, such that one must go through a double-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: This is a bit of an anomaly. If there are two adults in a household the Department of Social Protection takes both into account. Just because a step-parent does not have guardianship he or she will get away with not having their income included.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: There seems to be an anomaly.