Written answers
Thursday, 21 April 2011
Department of Education and Skills
Special Educational Needs
5:00 pm
Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision not to award a reader and spelling and grammar waiver in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be reversed; the options available to them at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9011/11]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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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, determining procedures in places where examinations are conducted including the supervision of examinations and making arrangements for the marking of work presented for examination.
In view of this I have forwarded the Deputy's query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to him. I wish to inform the Deputy that in all cases where a school/parent or student is dissatisfied with any aspect of the SEC's decision in relation to an application for reasonable accommodations, they have access to an Independent Appeals Committee. All members of the Appeals Committee are drawn from outside the SEC. The remit of the Appeals Committee covers appeals against all elements of a decision taken by the SEC. All appeals are considered in light of the published principles.
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