Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 661: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the assistance of a reader for a person (details supplied) in County Cork with a mild general learning disability who is doing the leaving certificate applied. [22433/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, 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 determining procedures in places where examinations are conducted including the supervision of examinations. I can inform the Deputy that the Commission operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the certificate Examinations. Applications for such accommodations are submitted by schools on behalf of their students. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.