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

In fairness to the media, I do not think there is any intention to impose stress on students, but it has become so culturally embedded in the Irish calendar and society that it is a huge event in people's lives and is regarded as a significant annual event here. Is there anything we as Oireachtas Members could do to make it less stressful, or will it always be the case that the examination of students at the end of the senior cycle is stressful?