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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social Enterprise in Ireland: Discussion (29 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: Thank you, Ms Bayliss. I will now take questions from members, beginning with Senator Averil Power.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social Enterprise in Ireland: Discussion (29 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: I invite Mr. Shanahan to respond to that group of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social Enterprise in Ireland: Discussion (29 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: I am aware that some members may have to leave the meeting early. Although these are separate topics I suggest we take the next presentation now so that members can ask questions before they leave.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social Enterprise in Ireland: Discussion (29 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: I welcome the witnesses from Forfás, Mr. Martin Shanahan, chief executive, Mr. Declan Hughes, Ms Marie Bourke, Dr. Jonathan Healy and Ms Laura Watts, who will discuss social enterprise in Ireland. From the Equality Budgeting Campaign I welcome Ms Louise Bayliss, Mr. Richard Keane, Ms Emer Delaney, and Ms Louise Riordan. One person from each group will make a presentation initially....

Other Questions: Civil Registration Legislation (28 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: 367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to allow the families of citizens who die abroad on holiday to register their deaths at home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3641/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Applications (28 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: 802. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the delay being experienced by applicants for driver licences, including replacement licences; if additional resources are being made available to the new national driver licence service to enable the backlog to be cleared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3808/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Applications (28 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: 803. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the delay being experienced by applicants for driver licences, including replacement licences; if additional resources are being made available to the new national driver licence service to enable the backlog to be cleared; the provision that is being made for drivers pending receipt of their licence;...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Revised) (23 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: I have a question on a scheme but I cannot remember its title. I think it refers to jobs but it is not JobsPlus. It involves tendering out to private companies to get people recruited for jobs. Given that public money is going to a private firm, someone raised the importance of the need for transparency in how such companies are taken on by the Department. Does the Minister have any...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Revised) (23 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: What amount of money is involved? How much does the Department intend to spend overall per annum?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Revised) (23 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: The committee would be interested in examining the issue as well. If there are no more questions then I will conclude. We have had a long day. I thank the Minister and her officials and the Members present.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Message to Dáil (23 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection has completed its consideration of the following Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2014: Vote 37 – Department of Social Protection (Revised).

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Revised) (23 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: On the issue of mobile phones, I made inquiries on behalf of a constituent who wanted to cease their land line service because of the cut in the allowance. I made inquiries with one of the social enterprise offices that provided alarms and learned that they did not provide the service in the case of mobile phones as there was a problem in that respect. I was advised that there was an issue...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Revised) (23 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: Does Deputy Brendan Ryan have questions for the Minister?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Revised) (23 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: If there are no further questions on employment supports, we will move on. I will now take questions on the remaining programmes.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Revised) (23 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: I am conscious that our time has largely been used up. As such, I propose that we take the remainder of the programmes in one go, with members being free to put a question on any of them to the Minister.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Revised) (23 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: We will discuss the programme dealing with working age employment supports.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Revised) (23 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: We will move on to the next programme which is the working-age income supports programme. I refer members to the Department's brief and the committee secretariat notes.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Revised) (23 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: Is Deputy Joan Collins satisfied that her question on pensions and her earlier question about invalidity pension have been answered?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Revised) (23 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: Perhaps we can deal with it now because it has been asked.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Revised) (23 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: I hope the Deputy will not mind if I stop her to confirm that the committee is debating one programme at a time, and we are debating the pension programme at present. The last matter raised by the Deputy relates to a later programme. Is it okay if the Minister responds to the Deputy's questions on pensions now?