Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 June 2012
225 Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who sat higher level Irish, engineering, French, construction studies, physics and chemistry and accounting in the leaving certificate in each of the past five years to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29234/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. I wish to inform the Deputy that statistics in relation to the Leaving Certificate examinations (2005-2011) including the number of school leavers who completed the Leaving Certificate can be downloaded from State Examinations Commission website:www.examinations.ie/statistics. Data on the 2012 examination and the number of entrants will not be available until mid-August.
