Ms Breda Naughton:

Could I bring the committee back in history? I used to work in the NCCA and years ago Ms Niamh Crowley was the education officer for history on a committee that was representative of the ASTI, the TUI, the JMB, the third level colleges and the history teachers association. That is the type of board of studies, which is what it is called now, that will be brought together. Much consultation goes on. A paper will be produced before the process starts setting out what they consider history to be. That will be taken on board by the expert group and out of that will come another document. The draft format of the new specification will go out for consultation and finally the document will be prepared. There will be at least two if not three points during which the specification will be prepared on which people will impact. There is a lot of opportunity for people to participate.