Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will come back to the Minister's reply to the first round of questions. In fairness, two of them were responded to very clearly. On the last one, however, my understanding of the responses we have been given is that if there is a localised lockdown in a particular country, exams may not happen and there will not be a second opportunity. I have no issue with public health providing advice that something cannot happen because it is not safe or whatever. However, I believe this issue can be resolved. This is an ordinary course of the leaving certificate where a person has a paper B. I do not see why that cannot be facilitated, whether it is for a localised lockdown or a student who is self-isolating. That person might not even be ill. He or she might be perfectly capable of sitting the exam and may have put huge work into preparation for oral examinations and all the rest. We need to fix this. It does not seem to me to be contrary to public health advice or beyond fixing.