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

I thank the Minister. I will raise another issue in respect of the redevelopment of the leaving certificate. I was pleased to see that there is a proposal being implemented to include drama and film studies as optional subjects for students completing the leaving certificate. Obviously, we have had extraordinary success in Ireland in recent times in respect of the film industry. It has been built up over a series of years. Has the Department engaged in any respect with the indigenous film industry here - I am thinking of companies like Element Pictures - for the purpose of trying to see what way the course should be presented? It is an interesting and innovative development in the leaving certificate.