Ms Andrea Feeney:

As Ms O'Callaghan mentioned in the context of senior cycle redevelopment, the objective there is to have a broader range of assessment used to test students' knowledge, skills and competence, to give them the opportunity to demonstrate attainment outside the written examination, which should have a really positive benefit for many students with special educational needs, because it is not then associated with writing or reading. Writing and reading are associated with it, but it is not done in the hothouse of the examinations cost.