Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In respect of senior cycle reform, the NCCA has worked through it and has done a body of work which has almost been completed. It is currently finalising its report which will be submitted to me and officials in the Department. We will study it. I am conscious that it will most certainly provide a springboard for further discussion and an ultimate decision in terms of how we will progress with the senior cycle.

It is fair to say that the current circumstances in which we find ourselves and the accommodations we have made in light of Covid-19 for the leaving certificate classes of 2021 and 2020 have shone a light on the senior cycle. I await with anticipation the report from the NCCA and, as I said, it affording us an opportunity for further discussion with partners in education and being a vehicle for advancing decision-making.