Ms Celeste O'Callaghan:

I thank the Chairman. I wanted to pick up on an earlier comment that a decision had been made to reduce the weighting given to the oral Irish examination. To clarify, no decision to do that has been made. The overall specification for leaving certificate Irish is being redeveloped under senior cycle redevelopment. It is in tranche 4 so there are a number of years to go. There will be a draft specification in due course and there will be consultation on all of that. It is to be expected that a full focus on oral and aural skills will be reflected in that. It is important to clarify that point.