Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth

Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion

2:00 am

Shane Curley (Fianna Fail)
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We have staff in an office who for 17 years have not made sure that every single student with dyslexia or dyscalculia who needs extra time is catered for. This argument that there has not been inaction has zero credibility.

The last issue is leaving certificate reform. I agree with almost everything Deputy Cummins said and I am not really looking forward to the reforms when they are put in because the marks for the Irish oral examination are being reduced. That caters for no student with dyslexia who struggles with prose and poetry. That needs to be examined. Can I have a comment on that?