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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: ...up doing PhDs or working at the top end of the industry. Judges, for example, would have had very basic leaving certificates, because at the time, one could nearly go in to university and say "I feel like doing medicine today," or whatever it was. There was a period of time like that. Some of those people would have ended up at the top end of their industries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: ...of their lives, whenever it suits them or they want to do it. If they want to look at a bit of medicine at one stage of their lives and a bit of history or social science at another stage, my feeling is that they should be able to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: JobBridge and the Youth Guarantee: National Youth Council, Ballymun Jobs Centre and Department of Social Protection (4 Nov 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: Obviously the need for these schemes will reduce, but in general they are good. In other countries employers feel they have a social responsibility. Many employers did this because they thought it was a good thing to do. They wanted to do some good and give people a chance and we must recognise this. This includes people within the public sector. Anything one does stands to one at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Grangegorman Development Agency: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: ...discussion, probably one of the most thorough we have had with a chairperson designate. This shows the interest of members in the development of the Grangegorman campus. I thank Mr. Cussen and feel sure we will have further engagement with him at some stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Remit of Ombudsman for Children in School Complaints: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: ...accountability. Many schools do not have that. It is in the VEC sector - now the education and training boards - but one does not have it in the majority of other schools. That is what I feel. I have a question about Mr. Walsh's presentation. He said it would appear that no agency is tasked with examining schools, annual reviews or any trends or anomalies that emerge from them in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2015)

Joanna Tuffy: ...the emphasis? Is it on the process? It is a different context, but I dealt with a particular case which had nothing to do with the Troubles where the issue in my view was closure in relation to a feeling that there had never been a proper process. Is that something of interest to the groups before us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Apprenticeship Training: Discussion (9 Jul 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: ...that they believed the institutes of technology should have been consulted directly for the review but they were not. As a major part of the system, they were only able to make a submission. They feel they should have had more direct consultation. Does Mr. Flaherty have any comments on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: ...She went on to say that Catholic education has a vital place in our education system. I am concerned about this because personally, I am not a fan of the diversity of patronage approach because I feel it has the potential to lead to a more segregated and less inclusive school system. We discussed this in the Dáil last week. The effect of diversity of patronage in my area is that it...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (22 Jan 2014)

Joanna Tuffy: ...and it has been very good in terms of progressing that, but the issue that Deputy Cannon raised exists as well. I am often very critical of my former alma mater, Trinity College, because I feel it has not done what UCC has done, in which it takes people who have completed a diploma in the college of commerce in Cork and would let them into second year law. The institutes of technology...

Private Members' Business - Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: ...í have done a lot to try to improve their relationship with the public. They hold local community meetings where they consult through what are effectively policing fora. I obviously welcome that but I still feel that we did not go far enough with the joint policing committees and the Garda Síochána Act. The Bill before us is welcome and I am glad the Minister did not...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: .... We should be able to come up with a vision of it, particularly when reports such as the one on lifelong learning and so on are available. There is further education and we know what we have. I feel uncomfortable, therefore, that we do not have in the Bill a definition of "further education".

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2013)

Joanna Tuffy: ...more democracy. If anything, it makes for less democracy. I believe this is an anti-democratic move. I wish we could have had a proper debate on it. While I welcome what Deputy Ellis has said, I feel that Sinn Féin was very muted on this proposal when it was originally made. The same is true of the Opposition generally. I have been one of the most vocal people on this issue. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: If the Deputy does not like an answer or if he feels it is wrong, he can say that but he cannot put words into other people's mouths.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Entitlements for Self-Employed: Discussion with Self-Employed Alliance Dundalk (3 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: ...are required, we could point our guests in the right direction. The report states that it would take a contribution of 15% to 16% to get the State pension and other benefits. How do our guests feel about self-employed people being required to pay extra contributions while they are at work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Entitlements for Self-Employed: Discussion with Self-Employed Alliance Dundalk (3 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: ...entitlements to the State pension, but one would need to pay the additional contributions outlined by departmental officials to receive jobseeker's benefit and other benefits. How does the group feel about doing so?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Policy to Minimise Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (3 Oct 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: If anybody feels their questions have not been answered they should come back to me. I will now call Senator Jim D'Arcy, followed by Senator Moloney, Deputy Fitzpatrick and then Deputy Harris.

Water Utilities: Motion (12 Jan 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: ...to stop leaks in the system. It is good that this has been identified, but there is much emphasis in the document on new capacity. It talks about new hubs and new towns and so on. There is a feeling that we will go back to building new houses and new towns, but we should consider the money that was spent over the past ten years. A large amount was invested in new water infrastructure...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: ...approach to this legislation has divided communities. The Minister has done what no one else has managed by creating a divide between rural and urban communities. People in rural communities feel under threat from this legislation and are concerned it is the thin end of the wedge.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: .... It is overgrown to such an extent that it affects the resident's enjoyment of his or her own property. Very often the type of people who contact one about this issue are older people who feel they cannot take on their neighbours themselves. As public representatives there is very little we can do on their behalf because it is a civil matter. There is legislation in the UK to deal with...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: ...They tell us their stories in order that we can go and do something about the matter by way of legislation. Why does the Minister not introduce a Bill dealing solely with this issue, given that he feels strongly about it, as we all do? It is a matter that is raised with most public representatives. Rather than saying he will refer it to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and...