Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the leaving certificate art, in which the number of A/A1 is 1%, lower than the results in any other subject; the reason this is so low; if the leaving certificate art correctors are given instructions to keep the number of A/A1's at 1% each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43827/12]

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.