Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 127: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision, if any, that has been made for the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment to implement reform of the Junior Cert curriculum. [22535/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The NCCA's 2012 allocation reflects an increase of €.077m (8%) on the 2011 outturn which my Department considers sufficient to allow the Council to continue to fulfil its statutory obligations as laid out in the Education Act 1998. A core element of its work for 2012 is to continue to support Junior Cycle reform. It is important to note that reform will be introduced on a phased basis. The reform will commence for students beginning junior cycle in September 2014 and the first examination of the reformed Junior Certificate will be in 2017.