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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I will stop the Tánaiste there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Members agreed a time limit of 20 minutes for this subject. As we have spent more than 20 minutes discussing it, we will proceed to deal with illness, disability and carer's allowances.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Senator Naughton also raised that issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I remind the Minister that statements will take place at 4.54 p.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: We can resume the meeting in the morning but at that stage we would just talk about administration and so on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: We agreed the timetable at the beginning of the meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: We agreed a timetable at the beginning of this meeting which would have us out of here at 3.30 p.m. We can still do this but that is up to members. We can come back tomorrow if people prefer but we have until 3.30 p.m. Do members agree to move on to illness and disability?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Is that the Deputy's question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: It depends on capacity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I would like to remind members that we have just over half an hour left. Although we could spend hours speaking on this topic, we have six programmes and we have only moved through three at this stage. I will give members a choice. We could move on to the other programmes-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: That is not fair, Senator Moloney. I am simply putting it to members that we have very little time and there is a limit to how much time I can spend on questions and answers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Senator, please speak through the Chair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Can the Minister answer the Senator's question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: If that is the case, we would have to reconvene the meeting at another time. We will make inquiries.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: We can, but we will first ascertain the situation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: And subject to the agreement of all the members. However, I would remind members that even if there is a second meeting not all questions can be answered, unfortunately, so members must prioritise questions. If members are agreeable, we can move straight to the Illness, Disability and Carers programme. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Could the Minister please wait until we get to that programme, which we should do very soon?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Any of the ones that were related to this particular programme, which is the working one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I suppose it does, because it covers all things.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I would like to call two members who have not spoken. Even though this might be slightly off the topic, I would like to be fair to the members concerned. I have Deputy Butler's name but I want to call two members who have not spoken at all.