Vol. 451 No. 8
182 Mr. E. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be granted permission to sit the Leaving Certificate Examination in June 1995, at a school (details supplied) in Mallow, County Cork. [7707/95]
The candidate in question, who is not attending a recognised post-primary school, is eligible for admission to the leaving certificate Examination in accordance with the provisions for the admission of external candidates. It is a matter for each external candidate to enter himself or herself for the leaving certificate examination by completing the appropriate entry form and paying the appropriate fee.
In practice, many schools will accommodate external candidates but there is no obligation on a school to accommodate examination candidates other than those entered by the school. An external candidate who is not accommodated at an examination centre of his or her choice will be assigned by my Department to the next most convenient centre at which accommodation is available.
The candidate in question indicated on her entry form that she wished to take oral examinations in Bruce College, Cork, where she is receiving tuition, and to take written examinations at a school in Mallow, where she lives. My Department assigned her to Bruce College, Cork for the oral examinations, which have already taken place and has assigned her to the Vocational School, Mallow for the written examinations. Letters notifying external candidates of the centres to which they have been assigned for the written examinations are being issued this week.
