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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: We agreed that we would finish at 2.30 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I have to bring the meeting to a conclusion. as agreed at the beginning. If members have outstanding questions or issues arise later, they might send them to the clerk to the committee who will forward them to the delegates who can revert to the committee. I thank the delegates for attending and remind members that the select committee will meet at 3 p.m. to select a replacement to fill the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare (19 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: 57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the implementation of the third report of the Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare, which makes recommendations in relation to the extension of social insurance cover for the self-employed; if her Department will liaise with the Department of Finance to ensure that if there are changes to income tax affecting...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (19 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: 58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on labour market activation over the past five years, in tabular form; the number of participants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7600/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Properties (19 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: 59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for Intreo offices in Dublin mid west constituency (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7601/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (12 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the procedure for an application for a school to change its status (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6504/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future of Higher Education: Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I draw the attention of the 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 this committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence in relation to a particular matter and they continue to do so, they are entitled thereafter only to a qualified...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future of Higher Education: Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank Dr. Larkin. I now invite questions from members, beginning with Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future of Higher Education: Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Senator O'Donnell may come back in. There was a lot of information. I would ask the witnesses to bank the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future of Higher Education: Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: If the mathematics aspect was to be downgraded, would that not mean that we would not be producing the right types of graduates for the industry?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future of Higher Education: Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: How much of that €117 million would that be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future of Higher Education: Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Would it be a high proportion of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future of Higher Education: Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Does that show that need forced the university sector to be more proactive in making more money?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future of Higher Education: Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: My father worked on the area of external relations in the Institute of Technology, Tallaght. The idea of getting the private sector to use the universities as a resource to educate their workforce and then make money out of it at the same time is great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future of Higher Education: Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: We are due to conclude our deliberations fairly soon. Dr. Larkin stated that his paper contains the initial results. Will he indicate what the next stage will be, when the research will be completed and what will happen to it then?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future of Higher Education: Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Is Mr. Purser saying that the student survey included institutes of technology?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future of Higher Education: Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: There are other questions outstanding, but Deputy Bannon wishes to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future of Higher Education: Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: It is not within the Deputy's remit to ask their views.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future of Higher Education: Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: There is nobody here to represent the IT sector. One criticism I have of the university sector - not all of it but some of it - is that it is not as flexible as the institutes of technology in terms of access. I worked for two years as a clerical officer in the registrations office of the Institute of Technology in Bolton Street and I met people there who went from being an apprentice to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Future of Higher Education: Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: When will the research be completed? What will happen to it then?