Leaving Certificate 2020 Calculated Grades: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-10-01
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Gary Gannon (SD), Dublin Central

In terms of software design, and I had to check with experts today so some of these terms might be quite technical, it relies on three standardisation processes: clarity of specification with a formal sign-off for same being a responsibility of the client, that is, the Minister's Department; professional coding, in this case by a company that her Department decided was the best in the business for this particular type of business; and, critically, quality user acceptance testing following which the client, the Minister's Department, and nobody else, approved the system. Can the Minister confirm that the specifications signed off by her Department were explicit as to the requirements and the date of that sign-off? Who within her Department approved the sign-off, on what date and at which particular meeting? Will she be able to provide the minutes of that meeting at which the specifications were approved?

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Sitting date: 2020-10-01