Dr. Harold Hislop:

The Minister is correct. The 16.66% figure refers to grades. There are almost half a million grades to be awarded across the 62,000 students who are taking leaving certificate 2020. Information on the extent to which estimated marks are moderated downwards or upwards will be published in detail once the leaving certificate results have been published.

However, 4% of them will be increased from the teachers' estimates by one grade or more. Very few, less than 0.1% of them-----