Ms Andrea Feeney:

-----that happened and it should continue to be the case. That change has been there.

Both organisations, the SEC and the NCCA, have very good relationships with communications media and recognise that as public servants, in terms of accountability, they are part of the work that we do and they are there to hold us to account in what we are doing. As the senior cycle changes over time, the media interest will change as well. As we stop having this final examination event at the end on which a lot – not everything – is hinged, the dynamic will change because there will not be that kind of pinpoint event during the year that we can point to and say it is all happening now. This is because over time, much of it will have happened in advance of that. Some changes have happened already and we hope to see more change as the senior cycle reform rolls out.