Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills

Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised)

2:50 pm

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I agree with everything Deputy Cannon has said. That is why we are trying to change the Junior Certificate. The only area of collaboration at junior cycle is on a team of 15 or 11 to win a match, or in a musical or dramatic production, none of which is measured in the examination. In every other activity one is a sole trader and hides one’s essay as it is being written to prevent anyone else seeing it. That is why we have to change.