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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I agree. What does Ms Bissett say to people who are hung up on issues such as there being a need for a diagnosis, when we know there is not, or that by giving equity to some students we are taking equity away from other students? What do the witnesses say, concisely, to put those arguments to bed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: Exactly. It should be based on evidence. I wrote to the SEC about it and its response was that it might have to consider withdrawing the additional time that applies to all candidates taking Irish, English, History and Geography and also the removal of the spelling and grammar waiver. Does Ms Bissett feel like she is in a game of chess at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I thank Ms O'Brien. She is so right. There is a basic misunderstanding of equity that by lifting somebody up, we are tearing somebody else down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: The witnesses are very welcome and I thank them for their opening statements. More work will happen on the pilot. The witnesses also said there should be an announcement about RACE next week. Do we expect to hear information around the pilot next week?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: It is for students of 2026.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: Did the witnesses hear us discuss how pressing it is that students have clarity on their examinations so that they can prepare adequately?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: What does it mean that the process of review will be included in the announcement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: Ms Feeney said there is frequently additional time available in the existing system. We know the new pilot is taking place. I ask for information on additional time for children with dyslexia and dyscalculia.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: Any student using a scribe, including students who have dyslexia and others with learning difficulties, including physical difficulties, is provided with an additional ten minutes per hour or part of an hour for the time overhead in dictation to the scribe. Students who are using assistive technology and are unable to make use, including adequate use, of that in examination conditions are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: Students with dyscalculia and dyslexia only receive additional time for two specific reasons. Does the SEC not think it is overplaying the additional time that is available to those students, given the fact that there are only two ways in which they can avail of additional time at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I would not overstate the additional time that is there. That sounds quite limited.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: Okay. It seems like we are doing a whole review of the bigger picture, while a specific and important cohort of children needs to be prioritised. Would Ms Feeney not agree that the evidence is there to make a decision for these students?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: How long would that take? Will it take two to three years?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (1 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of cases that have been taken to the WRC in relation to the right to request remote work, the right to request flexible work, and whether those cases ruled in favour of the employer or the employee since legislation was introduced, with the data broken down by year. [52433/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (1 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on Pillar 3 of the Making Remote Work Strategy, which commits to develop national data on the frequency and incidence of remote work to provide an evidence base for future policy; the data that will be included, and where it is available. [52434/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (1 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether under Pillar 3 of the Making Remote Work Strategy, which commits to developing national data on the frequency and incidence of remote work, if the data is collected on counties where remote workers are located and therefore benefit from the practise of remote work. [52435/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (1 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether under Pillar 3 of the Making Remote Work Strategy, which commits to developing national data on the frequency and incidence of remote work, includes the percentage of remote workers per county. [52436/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (1 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether under pillar 3 of the Making Remote Work Strategy, which commits to developing national data on the frequency and incidence of remote work, any data is collected on remote working prevalence by county. [52437/25]