Ms Arlene Forster:

I might comment on our structures, a Chathaoirligh, which might be helpful with respect to information.

I mentioned in the opening statement that the council is a representative organisation. Currently, it has 25 members across 18 organisations, which nominate to the council. Our colleagues in the State Examinations Commission, SEC, are part of the council. Therefore, the SEC is one of those partner organisations. The council is the decision making structure in the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, NCCA. The SEC is part of the discussions and deliberations on all decisions around curriculum and assessment advice that we ultimately share with the Minister for consideration. In addition, our council is supported by a number of other structures, which are also representative, and we have SEC colleagues as members of all those structures on the post-primary side, supporting all curriculum and assessment work for post-primary schools. We also have a standing group whereby members of the senior management teams in both organisations meet several times a year. We work in close collaboration with each other, and for obvious reasons, given the roles and remits of the two organisations.