asked the Minister for Education the position of a student who cannot claim exemption from Irish in the leaving certificate examination; if he can sit for this examination and omit Irish; if he will then be deemed to have passed his examination; and what the observation opposite the Irish column on his official result sheet will be.
Written Answers. - Leaving Certificate Irish Exemption.
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In order to be counted as a "recognised pupil" within the meaning of the Rules for Secondary Schools, pupils, other than those to whom an exemption applies, are required to take Irish as part of their course of studies but it is not necessary for such pupils to take Irish (or any other particular subject) in the Department's examinations if they do not wish to do so.
Leaving certificate candidates are issued with certificates showing the grades they achieved in the subjects for which they sat. The terms "pass" and "fail" are no longer used. Where a candidate does not sit a particular subject, a stroke is drawn through the space opposite that subject on the certificate.