Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I think everyone here appreciates the seasonal spikes and the huge pressure with exams. There is a lot going on there, but the commission is also reasonably well resourced. There are arms of the State and State bodies that do not have 200 staff filling their offices. Given that the commission is resourced to that extent, how was it, in 2009, that the commission's own expert advisory group internally said there should be extended time under the reasonable accommodations? Why has it taken from 2009 to 2025? I actually calculated that Sive was born in 2009 when this recommendation was made. We heard from her that she did not get to the end of a single examination paper that she sat in her junior certificate. That is an absolute failure. This recommendation went before the commission in 2009. There are seasonal spikes with examinations during which teachers are contracted in to correct papers. There are then these pillars that the commission is following. One of the key recommendations from one of those pillars was that it do all of this, yet in 2025, another review will come out and we cannot guarantee that any student preparing for junior or senior cycle will benefit from this. How has it taken so long with inaction?