Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

As has been said, Deputy Fitzmaurice and I met with students and teachers at St. Cuan’s College in Castleblakney on Monday last. On that same day, students in the Holy Rosary College in Mountbellew were also protesting. A number of those protests also continued today. They have been clear that they want certainty. It is great shame to leave students with this worry and stress. The leaving certificate year is already stressful enough as it is. They have not had an ordinary year. It is a two-year cycle. It has not been a normal leaving certificate year and therefore the normal leaving certificate should not go ahead. There should be choice for students. I ask the Minister to make a decision and to give certainty to the students now so that they are allowed choice. That is the very least they deserve.

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