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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 February 2014

Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Questions (316)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

316. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of children who have been granted reasonable accommodation in respect of their junior certificate examination in the past five years; the number who have been granted reasonable accommodation in respect of their leaving certificate examination in the past five years; the number who have applied and been refused reasonable accommodation; the reason it is more difficult to secure reasonable accommodation in respect of the leaving certificate examination; his views on whether the difficulty in securing a reasonable accommodation for the leaving certificate where a student may have received it for the junior certificate is likely to cause further stress to the student which may impact their performance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9638/14]

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The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations.

The State Examinations Commission operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the Certificate examinations, including an appeals process. Applications for such accommodations are submitted by schools on behalf of their students. Full details of the scheme are available for downloading from their website: www.examinations.ie/candidates/reasonableaccommodations.

In view of this I have forwarded the Deputy's query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to the Deputy.

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