Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is not a hardline stance. Everybody accepts that there is a need to change the structure of the junior certificate examinations. A number of proposals have been tabled during the years as to how this might happen.

There is an evolution of change here for the junior certificate. The proposition on the table follows the Minister having listened very carefully to the teacher unions. If the teacher unions decide to call off the strike today, I am sure the Minister is willing to engage with them again if there an element of difference or something else they wish to put on the table.

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