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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Does Mr. O'Sullivan wish to add anything at this stage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Does anybody have views on whether the social protection system can be improved in any way to help income distribution to cushion hardship and so on? An issue that has come up in debate is whether the policy of this Government is worse than that of the last Government or the same or better? I would be interested in an answer to that question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: There is mobile phone interference.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Does Deputy Áine Collins wish to ask a question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: That is probably the last of our questions. I will start with Professor Dorothy Watson.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: It is good information.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: What would be the rate? How would it be achieved?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: What is the Gini coefficient?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: So it is static.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Previous reports indicated that the people affected by the increase in deprivation were not necessarily those at the bottom but rather those higher up. I refer to what might be termed as the "coping classes".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Yes, it really has. Unfortunately, we are competing with both the Seanad which is discussing the Gender Recognition Bill and the Dáil and certain members were obliged to leave. It was great, however, that we were able to engage in such an informative discussion. Our guests would have tended to appear before the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform to discuss the...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school extension project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2972/15]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Theatre Projects: Smashing Times Theatre Company (15 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: I apologise for missing the witnesses' presentation because I was delayed coming here. I am very interested in theatre. I will review their presentation after the meeting and if I have any questions I will revert to them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: 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 joint committee. If, however, they are directed by it to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to qualified privilege in respect of their evidence. They are directed that only evidence...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: We will now go to questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Does Dr. Johnston have other questions to which to respond?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: You should go through them all.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: If something is outstanding, we can come back to it as we will have another round. I invite Dr. Peter Rigney to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: I will stop you there because we have some more questions.