Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Students have been extremely upset in recent days with the downgrading, in many instances, of high-performing students who always had excellent results. They have seen their results being downgraded. This has been extremely upsetting. I know that many other people in this House have been contacted by parents and students. What are the Government, Department and Minister going to do about this? Students and their parents really feel that they have been hard done by and that the structures and methodology have detrimentally affected them and their results. I could not express how sorry I am for those students who put their hopes, aims and work into this over the last years. Due to the pandemic and how it has been addressed by the Government, they feel hard done by.

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