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

I will focus on yesterday's announcement. There is to be additional choice for the students regarding leaving certificate 2022, there is to be additional time for leaving certificate students in 2022 and the choice and additional time take account of the time lost. I wish to underline the serious amount of time lost as a result of the pandemic last year, which comprised January, February, March and part of April. Those students lost more than three months of direct teaching time. There is also the possibility of complications in September if what the National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, said the other day is anywhere near the mark. Yesterday's statement indicated that the details will be published this month. Can the Minister be more precise and give us a date by which those changes will be made public?

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