Mr. Paul Byrne:

It is not one test. This is where you test a child on their reading comprehension and that. You put a plan in place to try to improve their ability in those areas and then you test again to see if that has worked. It is not just a case of doing one test, failing the test and then saying you need an exemption from Irish. It is over a period of time that the child is tested. Sometimes that testing will have been done in the primary school before they come in and they may not have had the exemption granted. They do not come in without having a record of having a difficulty in learning.