Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I would appreciate that. It is of vital importance to these schools and to many more out there.

I have other questions but they do not relate to the crisis we are in at the moment. Perhaps Mr. Tattan will get his colleagues to contact me on one further query, if he cannot answer now. The calculated grades system, which replaced this year's leaving certificate exams, was the best solution to a difficult dilemma during the Covid-19 crisis. Like everything else, however, it has its flaws. One of the concerns with leaving certificate students in my constituency is a case where a student had studied a European language outside the school. This student did not have a tutor or teacher and was not attending grinds. The student was able to study on his own and performed well in the subject at junior certificate level, but has had no track record on the subject in the school since then. How will this subject be graded under the calculated grades system? It was brought to my attention that no provision was made for this situation in the calculated grades system. The student in question will not have a European language, and therefore will not be able to meet the criteria for university and will not be offered a place in the college. Is it possible to make provisions for students who are in this situation by taking into account results achieved at junior certificate level?