Shay Brennan (Dublin Rathdown, Fianna Fail)
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286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is aware that 25% of this year’s CAO applicants are from previous years, and many of this cohort are from years where leaving certificate grades were inflated; if he will acknowledge the significant disadvantage this creates for current Leaving Certificate students, who have already faced challenges due to Covid-related disruptions during their early secondary education; if he will consider implementing a reverse weighting or adjustment to prior years' results to ensure fairness in the CAO process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17882/25]

Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ring-fence CAO places for students from previous years in order that they compete against each other and not against the 2025 Leaving Certificate students whose grades are artificially lower by comparison or apply grade deflation to students from previous years entering this year's CAO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17658/25]

Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider ring-fencing a proportion of CAO places in 2025 for students who are sitting the Leaving Certificate in that year, so they are not in direct competition with applicants from previous years whose grades reflect higher levels of grade inflation; if he will consider applying proportional grade deflation to previous year applicants in order to address the disparity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17766/25]