Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education

Mr. Dalton Tattan:

We had a series of engagements with the two post-primary trade unions on this matter. They had an understanding that the ranking would only be available through a subject access request under data protection legislation. That was not, however, the understanding we had. We had a misunderstanding between the two parties involved. We had a round of engagements with the unions on that aspect. We sought legal advice on it at the time, which ultimately said that we were bound to release it because it was personal information. We did release it, albeit a couple of weeks later than we had originally intended.

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