Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

In an exchange we had earlier in July, the Taoiseach confirmed to me that the Department was giving active consideration to making changes to the leaving certificate of 2021 in order to take into account the very significant loss of face-to-face teaching time that the students who have just completed their fifth year studies have suffered. In that exchange, he also indicated to me that an outcome or a plan would be in place by the end of July. We are nearly there; we have a day or two to go. I am hoping the Taoiseach might be able to give some information to the House and to students as to what changes and what tapering will be made to the leaving certificate of 2021. Has this been discussed? What is the current position?

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