Ms Andrea Feeney:

It is a difficult issue. Things happen within the examination system every year whereby students cannot undertake or continue with their examinations for other reasons, not just because of Covid. This year, this sitting of the leaving certificate is the contingency. We had calculated grades and ultimately there is an opportunity for students to sit their examinations. It would be very difficult to make arrangements if a group of students had to exempt themselves because they were ill. Their only option may be to come back and sit those exams in 2021.