Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The third level students have said that some of their examinations start in the first week of May and continue into the early part of June. The leaving certificate starts on 4 June this year and goes on for all of June but the main bulk of the examinations are finished on 12 June. As the National Parents Council and others said to me, if they continue much longer after that there is the factor of a large exodus by people who rightly want to take their well earned rest; it seems it is a period where the university examinations are ending and the main bulk of the second level examinations that are held in the first eight days of the leaving certificate will be finished.

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