Dr. Harold Hislop:

Some candidates who have results from 2019 are also, in fact, candidates in 2020. They are competing already in the 2020 cohort. They are entitled to calculated grades and may do better or worse, just as they would have in an exam. However, given the grades arising, in some cases they are likely to do even better out of the calculated grades than they might have done in 2019.

If they have entered for the 2020 leaving certificate, they are also entitled to sit the written paper in November if they so wish. They can have the better of those two grades, be it the calculated grade or the examination grade of 2020, accredited to them. If they are entitled to, they can combine the 2019 and 2020 grades.