Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This could continue. The challenges could continue if generally speaking we have something of a challenge in the next few years in regard to ensuring that the leaving certificate has adequate integrity which I believe it has. That could continue while we ensure that forthcoming cohorts doing the leaving certificate are not disadvantaged compared with the others. I have spoken to people in secondary schools and they talk about, to use that dreadful phrase, "a soft landing", in regard to the adjustments that might have to be made. Can Ms Feeney give an account in that regard? Will the complications with regard to how long it takes to deliver the results continue if the State examination continually needs to incrementally adjust the curve? Is that something that we can anticipate? Is the intention to incrementally adjust the curve to what it was heretofore?