Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the guests for coming before the committee today. The meeting has gone on for a long time and I do not want to delay it much longer.

I will first ask Mr. Dennehy and Mr. Gillespie a question. One of the suggestions put forward by Ms Neville in her presentation on behalf of secondary school students was that the terminal exam of the leaving certificate be spaced out over a longer period. I suppose the reason for the recommendation is that the exam period can be stressful if a student must do two exams per day or an exam on consecutive days. What is the view of the ASTI and the TUI on such a recommendation coming from this committee? It might space out the terminal exams over two months, for example.