Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I raised with the Taoiseach the issue of calculated grades about two weeks ago and I have to say he was somewhat dismissive. The news this afternoon is absolutely extraordinary. I am astounded, but the ones who will be even more astounded are the many students who worked extremely hard and had their grades downgraded. For them, there are countless questions. One of the main ones is whether those whose grades were downgraded by standardisation can now be revised upwards. Will they then be potentially able to access third level or will that be deferred to next year? There are so many questions.

The Taoiseach stated the Minister was going to make a statement at 4 p.m. That is not good enough. She needs to come in here. There are countless questions we need answers to and we need them now. The Minister needs to come here this afternoon. The lack of transparency from the Department is not good enough, nor is the fact that this has just been sprung on us.

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