Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Minister to ask her officials to look at what is happening in Australia, where they are rowing back from in-school assessment, as is the case in Bavaria in Germany. Some of my third level colleagues in the Seanad with whom I have spoken in recent days tell me that academic institutions worldwide are trying to pull away from ongoing assessment in the manner we propose for the junior cycle. Perhaps the Minister will reconsider her position after doing that. I thank her for coming here this evening to deal with this matter.