Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student (details supplied) at a school in County Clare has been refused access to a reader for the leaving certificate. [8120/11]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused a waiver from the assessment of spelling, grammar and punctuation language subjects. [8121/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 58 and 59 together.

The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations including organising the holding of examinations, determining procedures in places where examinations are conducted including the supervision of examinations and making arrangements for the marking of work presented for examination. The Commission operates a scheme of reasonable accommodation for certain students with special needs who are sitting the examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.