Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the difficulties being encountered by students with dyslexia sitting State exams (details supplied); the plans her Department has in place to address these issues and to make appropriate accommodations for such students at exam time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30977/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Programme for Government commits to developing an appropriate mechanism to allow additional time for students with specific needs and in certain circumstances, and also to ensure that those who use assistive technology can do so in State examinations.

The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has responsibility for the operation and delivery of the State examinations, and facilitates access to the examinations through its scheme of reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations, otherwise known as the RACE scheme. I welcome that the SEC has now commenced a comprehensive review of the scheme, in which it intends to give consideration to these and all relevant issues.

I have asked the SEC to respond directly to the Deputy with further detail about the RACE scheme, the review process and in relation to the correspondence provided by the Deputy.