Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions will be put in place for students who may be unable to sit their mock examinations and State examinations due to having been deemed a close contact. [2962/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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As part of the arrangements being put in place for the 2022 state examinations, I announced that an alternative set of Leaving Certificate examinations would be run in 2022, shortly after the conclusion of the main set of examinations. These examinations will be limited to certain students who are unable to sit the main set of examinations due to close family bereavement, COVID-19 illness and certain other categories of serious illness, with due regard for the principles of equity, fairness and integrity, which govern all aspects of the examinations system.

The State Examinations Commission will issue further details regarding the 2022 examinations, guided by prevailing public health advice.

Mock examinations do not form part of the State examinations system. Decisions to organise mock examinations are made at school level and neither my Department nor the State Examinations Commission have a role in this matter.