Ms Brigid McManus:

The role of the NCCA is to give advice on different subjects and the curriculum make-up. With the exception of certain core skills we do not insist that students do French rather than German or Latin. I do not think we get involved necessarily. There is a Latin curriculum. It is taken by very few and the numbers doing leaving certificate examinations in the subject are quite small. I cannot remember what they are off the top of my head. We also have the classical studies curriculum, which does a certain amount. I do not think we would generally have a position one way or another on Latin, but I can come back to the Senator on that.