Mr. Aidan Farrell:

We have several feedback processes and we engage with the education partners, which include management bodies, school management, representatives and of course parents, and the National Parents Council Post-Primary. We are finalising our strategic statement and policy direction for the next few years. One area we will consider is the engagement with stakeholders and their feedback on the service, as well as input into its design and operation. We can consider how we might trap the candidate voice in a way that has not been considered before. The examination system operates through the schools. We are dealing with students who are 15 years of age at junior cycle or 17 or 18 years at leaving certificate level. Schools enter their candidates for examination and act as advocates on their behalf, rightly so. In that way we get a feedback from schools on the impact of the delivery and operation of the examinations system.