Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 May 2024

Committee on Public Petitions

Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion

Ms Andrea Feeney:

As I said, we are accommodating 22%, and growing numbers, within the scheme of reasonable accommodation and 75% of the students currently being accommodated have that accommodation because of learning difficulties including dyslexia. Those people are encompassed within the scheme. I am sorry to use the language of "unfair advantage". It is not to denigrate-----