Vol. 504 No. 7
374 Ms Clune asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has commissioned a report into the points system of assessment; if so, when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12959/99]
I set up the commission on the points system on 15 October 1997. The setting up of the commission met a commitment in the Government's An Action Programme for the Millennium, which included as a key priority the appointment of a high-powered group to examine the points system.
The commission issued a consultative process-background document in September 1998 which analyses the submissions made and outlines the research undertaken on behalf of the commission as well as examining international experience. The commission subsequently has issued two research papers and intends to issue further research papers in the near future.
The commission is aiming to report in late summer-early autunm 1999.
