Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be provided with access to a scribe for their leaving certificate examination in view of the fact they have a condition called dysgraphia [4768/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, 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.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-examine the new criteria put in place to be eligible for access to a scribe or word processor in State examinations as the criteria is too stringent and students such as a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 are missing out on this vital service by a mere 1% in the qualifying tests; and if discretion can be applied when a student misses out by such a small margin. [4769/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, 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.