Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 596: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in relation to the programme for Government proposal to introduce a new syllabus for leaving certificate agricultural science; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28605/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Work on a revised syllabus for Agricultural Science has largely been completed by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA). However, the assessment arrangements for the revised syllabus have not yet been finalised as they will have to be considered in the context of the assessment of other senior cycle science subjects, including the introduction of a second assessment component.