Ms Andrea Feeney:

Of course. We had additional capacity in the system. Because of Covid, the numbers were further reduced. Ideally, in another year we would have had the people we needed to be in place.

The Deputy's other question was about what will happen in the summer. The Minister has already announced that alternative examinations and a deferred examination series are happening after the main set of examinations for students who are bereaved or become seriously ill or to cover circumstances that arise due to Covid. Again, this will be based on public health advice. We are working through the development of that scheme.