Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details on the date set for the issuing of Leaving Certificate results. [12767/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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2022 marked the return to externally delivered examinations for all candidates at both Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle, with 61,108 candidates sitting Leaving Certificate examinations and 67,130 candidates sitting Junior Cycle examinations. There were a number of factors that affected the timing of the issue of results for both examinations in 2022. These included a challenge in recruiting sufficient examiners, the provision of a set of deferred examinations at Leaving Certificate for candidates who experienced illness or bereavement, and the implementation of a post-marking adjustment, also at Leaving Certificate which gave effect to my commitment that results in 2022 would be no lower in the aggregate than in the previous year. Leaving Certificate results issued on 2 September last year, with the results of Leaving Certificate appeals issuing five weeks later on 7 of October, in time for integration with the CAO offers season.

The State Examinations Commission (SEC), which has responsibility for the operation, delivery and development of the State examinations, has not confirmed a date on which the Leaving Certificate 2023 results will be issued. However, it continues to work intensively to prepare for the examinations process.