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Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: I invite the State Examinations Commission and the Department to respond. Can Mr. Ó Donnchadha leave us with a copy of his statement?

Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: We would like to know how it was done. That is the question.

Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: Before I call Deputy Brendan Ryan, I have a question on the numbers. How many young people sat the junior cycle English paper this year?

Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: It is a big statement to make to say that there was no difficulties experienced given that 55,000 people sat it. I understand that the Department went to the bodies, but 55,000 people sat it. Mr. Farrell spoke about unions, teachers and others but I would also be interested in, as in the case of this petition, the people who actually sat it themselves. I call Deputy Brendan Ryan.

Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: There were some questions about mocks and their value, the Department's position on them, their regulation at the end and time. How is time decided and is time that important?

Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: Is there any commentary on the time question from Deputy Ryan?

Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: There are questions around the 12,000 people, which we need to note, the cost and whether the State Examinations Commission could do the work itself instead of commercial operators and, lastly, what plans it has in light of the petition to get feedback from students as well as all the other bodies which were mentioned.

Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: Deputy Mitchell asked if there were any specific complaints about the paper this year.

Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: That is good. Does Deputy Murphy wish to ask a question?

Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: I am sure the Deputy is glad he is not to be doing the junior certificate.

Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: It was the intermediate certificate in those dark days.

Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: I know that some aspects of Deputy Mitchell's question were not answered.

Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: It is very encouraging to have the voice of the student. We also have the voice of the student in this petition and we will get back to that. Would the State Examinations Commission, SEC, be prepared to consider its feedback processes in light of this petition? I am concerned because 55,000 people sat the junior cycle examination. There were no complaints, the line was not hopping but...

Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: I thank Mr. Farrell for being willing to consider having the student voice as part of that process.

Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: Thank you. Democracy will have been well served if Tara O’Sullivan's petition leads to new guidelines and perhaps a wider feedback process from the student voice.

Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: I thank Deputy Murphy. I will not try to improve on that.

Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: We will compare our results later. I thank all the officials for coming in and presenting to the committee today. I thank them for being open to our suggestions. We may well see them again to ask if they have acted upon those suggestions on behalf of the 12,000 people. Perhaps they will encounter some of the younger people directly themselves. I propose that we suspend for a moment to...

Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: I welcome the motion, which focuses in particular on people with dementia. I would also like to welcome the new Minister of State and look forward to working closely with him, as I did with his predecessor. As well as a growing population of older people, there are almost 55,000 people living with dementia in Ireland, 63% of whom live in communities. Most of us know someone, such as a...

Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: And regulation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the committee for graciously facilitating me. I will have to leave shortly. I was here at 2 p.m. I understand someone was detained elsewhere. I welcome the Minister, who holds one of the most important briefs in the Cabinet. It is because there is so much riding on his success that we all want to work constructively with him. As Deputy Cowen has said, we want to help to remove...