Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The education (admission to schools) Bill is very advanced. I commiserate with the tens of thousands of students due to sit their leaving and junior certificate exams and who are working intensively. I have talked to students who feel very put out and upset in their study plans by the two strikes that have happened so far and I am concerned about them. As an experienced trade unionist such as the Deputy would know, the way to deal with it is for the two unions to sit down with the Minister, who has offered a very readily implementable structure, which meets the needs for reform and retains a significant, externally moderated exam.

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