State Examinations
Dail Éireann — 2022-01-19
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Mick Barry (PBP), Cork North-Central

The Minister said the Department is offering students more choice in the papers and that some exams have been postponed until the Easter holidays. That does not really matter a damn. It is not the point or the issue. The issue now is whether there will be a traditional leaving certificate or non-traditional leaving certificate. What is the Minister's answer on that?
On the mental health issue, the Minister and I both know there is a mental health crisis in schools. Is she going to compound that further by imposing a leaving certificate that 70% of students - that is seven in ten - are against, as shown clearly by the ISSU poll?

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Sitting date: 2022-01-19