Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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964. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for readers that were received by the National Educational Psychological Services, on the grounds of a specific learning difficulty, for the Leaving Certificate; the number approved; and the number refused, for each of the past three years; the information submitted to the State Examinations Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21708/15]

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.

National Educational Psychological Services (NEPS) does not receive applications under the RACE process – the SEC is responsible for the scheme and, where necessary, submits individual application files to NEPS for review and recommendation. Furthermore NEPS does not retain detailed data on the nature and outcome of the process for applications in each of their offices, save for the purposes of confirming receipt of individual files, their processing and return to the SEC. The SEC maintains a database of all RACE applications and is the only source that can provide comprehensive answer to the origins, nature and results thereof.

In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.