Ms Andrea Feeney:

I might start and others might respond to the questions about T1 and T2 at leaving certificate level and senior cycle. It is probably working reflecting on the fact that this is the first year of formal examination of the T1 and T2 specifications in the junior cycle even though it has been implemented for longer than that. Because we have not had formal junior cycle examinations for the past two years, this is the first cohort to come through the new specification for Gaeilge.

In relation to the reporting, we had the conversation earlier about the role of the leaving certificate, which is to measure attainment at the end of senior cycle, and it has this follow-on use, which is used for higher education. Describing it as the means of matriculation to higher education may do a disservice to those who do not want to go down that pathway.