Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Sinn Féin's government in Northern Ireland has decided that the A-levels should proceed. It did not offer anybody in Northern Ireland a choice. I do not think young people who look across the island will ignore the breathtaking hypocrisy of the stance that Sinn Féin has about the exams down here and the stance it has about the exams up there. I have met students, as I am sure the Deputy has. I have been in countless schools across the country. I think I have been in five or six counties in the past week. When I talk to students now, I find that they are happy with the certainty and clarity when I take them through the options they have in relation to the papers, and when I take them through the really good decision that my colleague, the Minister for Education, took on grade inflation. It compares very much favourably with an area on which Sinn Féin has been very quiet in respect of the A-levels in Northern Ireland. I am sure that the Deputy will respond-----

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