Written answers

Tuesday, 11 June 2013

Department of Education and Skills

State Examinations Fee Exemptions

Photo of Andrew DoyleAndrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form on a yearly and Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate basis, the details in each year from 2007 to 2013, the number of students that had exam fees waived; if he will break down the figures into categories of financial hardship and medical card holders; the circumstances where financial hardship can be proven and the way a decision is reached by either his Department or the school itself regarding persons having exam fees waived;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27773/13]

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

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