Leaving Certificate 2020 Calculated Grades: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-10-01
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Mattie McGrath (IND), Tipperary

I have concerns about parliamentary question replies in general. Are they accurate and as accountable as they are meant to be?
Yesterday, a text message was sent to students informing them that they had been affected, my own daughter included. Shockingly, the Department got that messaging wrong in that it sent an incorrect link to the students and they then had to be sent a second message. Why could the Department not get this right? We are dealing with the lives of young students. There has been one blunder after another. Why could the Department not get that messaging right? As the Minister said in her opening remarks, this is a very sensitive time for students. I acknowledge that the Minister has apologised. It is a trying time for every student, not just my daughter. That the Department sent the incorrect link was very sloppy and clumsy. It shows a lack of serious care for the students it was addressing.

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Sitting date: 2020-10-01