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

The other element of today's considerations relates to the junior certificate. Junior certificate students feel rather forgotten by the Department. Today's announcement barely made reference to them. The Minister's statement this afternoon referenced that junior cycle exams would run in June as normal. She has already acknowledged that the situation has been anything but normal for leaving certificate students. Surely, it has been nothing like normal for the past few years for third-year students too. In fact, every single year of their school education has been disrupted. What is being done to recognise that disruption?

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