Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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I thank the Chair. I am sorry I was delayed. I was at another meeting but I have listened to a good bit of the debate. Many of these questions have probably been asked so I will be brief.

Something I take from my time teaching is that I always tried to examine what the students knew rather than what they did not know. That was the principle that I always tried to take into my own assessment when I was teaching. I suppose the big thing that has worked in the students' favour this year and last year, in terms of leaving certificate 2021 and 2022, is that they have an expanded range of questions and choice in those formal examinations. Can Mr. Tatton comment if that is what is envisaged to continue in the short term, irrespective of the bigger question of leaving certificate reform? I refer to 2023 and, perhaps, 2024. Is that type of expanded line of questioning and choice and range set to continue into the future? That is my first question and I have one other question then.