Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

It is not agreed to. I seek clarification again. I hope that having raised the matter yesterday, the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills will have given further consideration to my request for time to be provided between now and the summer recess in order for the House to address the serious matter of the concerns arising out of both the junior and leaving certificate examinations. There were incorrect figures in the junior certificate business studies paper and missing pages from the leaving certificate accountancy paper, which matters are important. I appeal to the Tánaiste to afford an opportunity to the House to address these matters as there is no Question Time for the Minister for Education and Skills remaining in the current term and we must wait until the autumn, which simply is not good enough.

A further issue is that from my inquiries since I have established that the papers were all printed by two printing firms in Britain. Against the backdrop of the closure only last week of Future Print which announced the loss of 112 jobs, I understand EU regulations on tendering-----

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