Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 22 Jun 1993

Vol. 432 No. 6

Written Answers. - Assistant Examiners in Art and Design.

Eamon Gilmore

Question:

209 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Education the number of assistant examiners in art and design who were engaged by her Department for the junior certificate examinations in 1992 and 1993; the number who were engaged in 1992 and who applied to be assistant examiners in 1993 but who were not reengaged in 1993; the reason for their non re-engagement.

Minister for Education (Ms Bhreathnach)

Sixty assistant examiners were appointed to correct junior certificate Art in 1992. Seventy seven assistant examiners have been appointed to correct junior certificate Art in 1993. From those who acted in 1992 and who applied in 1993 a total of 15 were not reappointed.

My Department's policy is to select from the applicants each year the panel of assistant examiners which it considers most suitable in each particular subject. Selection as an examiner in any one year does not confer on any applicant the right to be selected in subsequent years.

You will appreciate that it would not be appropriate for me to go into the reasons why one applicant rather than another was selected.