Ms Andrea Feeney:

There are two very practical subjects there already, construction studies and engineering, and they both have two additional components in assessment. They have a written examination, they also have a project and what we call a day practical skills test, which is a point-in-time examination. If we look at recent examples within the junior cycle, four technical vocational subjects at junior cycle were reformed as part of junior cycle reform. The most recent reforms of new subjects at leaving certification do not meet the definition of vocational or practical but they both have a very heavy demand in regard to the non-examination assessment, that is, physical education and computer science.