Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

From a personal point of view, I would like to see NIAC make that decision on the roll-out of the vaccine for those aged under 12 as soon as possible . I have one further question before Deputy Ó Murchú comes back in. On the leaving certificate and the arrangements for the sitting of the leaving certificate in 2022, what conversations has the Minister had with the Department, officials, the appropriate bodies and the school community? I hope we see the leaving certificate going ahead as it did in previous years and that we will be back to some form of normality. Does the Minister envisage students will have the choice of sitting the leaving certificate or getting an accredited grade, as in 2021? What are the Minister's plans and those of her Department?