State Examinations
Dail Éireann — 2022-06-30
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Gary Gannon (SD), Dublin Central

The second sitting of examinations is welcome. There are some issues with its deployment but we can talk about that on a different day. The question I am asking today is about what happens when a person experiences a medical emergency during the examination. The SEC previously stated that people would not be able to resit the examination. There was a welcome change last week during an individual case. Epilepsy Ireland has highlighted this issue for many years. We are asking for a policy change to reflect that and this individual case. I understand the Minister says it is the SEC's responsibility, but she is the leader in education. Can we have a full review and a change of the policy to ensure that people know that if they go into an examination fearful of experiencing an issue such as an epileptic fit, they can resit the exam without having to take to social media or lobby politicians and finally get an outcome that they should have had anyway?

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Sitting date: 2022-06-30