Ms Arlene Forster:

I will respond first and then Dr. Sullivan might come in. In the case of benchmarking, this issue has emerged several times in our deliberations and in consultations, particularly with respect to the common European framework for reference, CEFR. In the case of curriculum development for Irish across primary and post-primary levels, we do not benchmark directly to CEFR. We describe it in terms of there being broad alignment.