Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Ian McKenna:

Last year, the Minister for Education brought the date forward. We are waiting to see what the outcome of that is for this year. Looking at what happened with the publication of leaving certificate results a few years ago, there are layers of appeal structures and so on in place. Many of those structures did not exist five or six years ago but they now do. They have created substantial equity and confidence within the system. To start to unravel that to beat a deadline could be counterproductive. It is one of those issues where there is a plus and minus for it.