Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on providing an amnesty for students to have a pass in the honours mathematics leaving certificate paper in order to assist their access to third level education in view of the widespread public concern regarding the high standard of questions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24042/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations, including organising the holding of examinations and making arrangements for the marking of work presented for examination.

I understand from the State Examinations Commission that all observations received by the Commission in relation to the Leaving Certificate Higher Level Mathematics examination are passed to the Chief Examiner for consideration in the context of finalising the marking scheme for the subject. In relation to access to third level, the position is that entry requirements are determined by the third level institutions and I have no function in the matter.