Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No. I am open to helping the junior certificate embed itself. It has been a massive change. Many teachers are still grappling with the new syllabi and curriculum. Much of it is continuous assessment and there is a new dynamic. The last thing I want to do is create another sense of flux around it. That is why I was very careful to state that history was the one for review. That is all I planned. There is an ongoing campaign regarding geography, but where does the domino stop? I am shutting the door in terms of what I plan to do for the moment, but I will be interested to see what emerges from the review of the history curriculum. To be honest, I do not know what will emerge. The group knows what my wishes are, what Deputy Thomas Byrne's wishes are and the wishes of the members of the committee, but it is an independent group and I am giving it the latitude to come up with its own conclusion.