Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I address my questions to Dr. Smyth and Dr. Freeman. On the issue of the reform of the leaving certificate and the reform of subjects, I recently met with chartered accountants and representatives of the private sector to discuss the reform of the teaching of accountancy and the way it has changed dramatically over the last number of years. Of course, there is a need to reform the leaving certificate, but do Dr. Smyth and Dr. Freeman feel there is a need to reform the way some of the subjects are being taught? Perhaps it is a wider conversation that we should be having. I would be interested in hearing their opinion on that issue. I ask them to comment on the issue of modern foreign languages and how we can work that into the reform of the leaving certificate.