Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)

I agree with Mr. Walsh. When I raised this in the Dáil in February, I asked that question and could not get an answer at the time. I did say that if it was done, it would have to be anonymised. If there is a small number of testers, that creates another difficulty, and I accept that. It is just as long as the RSA does it.

Here is a story. In February, the test pass rate in my home town of Nenagh was 31.9%. Up the road in Thurles, it was 74.4%. That is inconceivable. They are up the road from one another. I have people coming to me crying. One person emigrated over failing the test twice. That person's job opportunities changed. It affects people going to college. One young girl's indicator was flashing in a slightly different shade to the other indicator and she could not do the test. There was a failure rate so high that I had to raise it in the Dáil, given that so many people in my home town and its surrounds were raising this issue. Amazingly enough, as a consequence - I do not know why - there was a change, and because there has been a change, the pass rate, which I have monitored since then, has gradually crept up. It is not at the national average but it is not far off it. Why did I-----