941. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will examine the feasibility of better aligning repeat PLC exam timelines with CAO offers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33819/25]
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2484. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address the issue of grade inflation when it comes to CAO offers this year; the steps he will take to ensure fairness for students who sat the Leaving Certificate in 2025 and those who sat it in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18553/25]
2487. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address the issue of grade inflation when it comes to CAO offers this year; the steps he will take to ensure fairness for students who sat the Leaving Certificate in 2025 and those who sat it in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18553/25]
2494. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a student attending a school (details supplied) qualifies to apply to the CAO as a Gaeltacht applicant, in light of previous indications that students at boarding schools may not be eligible for this status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18787/25]
2496. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the significant challenge for this year's Leaving Certificate students who will be expected to meet the CAO points for course entrance based on 2024 inflated grading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18850/25]
2505. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will acknowledge the disadvantage facing CAO applicants who are sitting their Leaving Certificate in 2025 compared to those who sat their Leaving Certificate in previous years; if his Department has plans to tackle this disadvantage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19026/25]
2506. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the mitigation measures he will put in place to ensure the Leaving Certificate class of 2025 is not disadvantaged when applying for college courses compared to previous years’ classes whose grades were inflated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19049/25]
2507. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ring-fence CAO places so that students from previous years compete amongst themselves, and not directly against the class of 2025, whose grades are artificially lower by comparison; if not, if grade deflation will be applied to students from previous years entering the 2025 CAO system; and if he wi…
2514. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of applications to CAO 2025 which are from students who will not sit the Leaving Certificate in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19368/25]
2528. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration has been given by his Department to ringfence a proportion of CAO places for applicants from previous leaving certificate cohorts to allow them to compete within their own group instead of against the class of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19524/25]
286. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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 c…
287. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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 w…
288. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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 grad…
1051. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the concerns among students sitting the Leaving Certificate in 2025 regarding the impact of grade inflation from previous years on CAO competition; his views on measures such as ring-fencing places or adjusting grade calculations to ensure fairness for all applicants; and t…
1054. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science how the equalisation of the Leaving Certificate will affect the points race for courses in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16584/25]
1062. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to students completing the Leaving Certificate in June 2025 in relation to the CAO process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17002/25]
1079. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to help mitigate the impact on the distribution of college places offered to applicants sitting the Leaving Certificate in 2025 of changes to the grading system between those who will sit the Leaving Certificate in 2025 compared to those who sat the Leaving Certificate in years previous; and if he …
1082. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the proportion of applicants to the CAO for 2025 completed the Leaving Certificate between 2020 and 2024; the efforts he is making to ensure equity in the CAO application process for Leaving Certificate candidates of 2025 who will not benefit from the same level of grade inflation as candidates who sat the…
1084. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are plans to amend the grade inflation for the Leaving Certificate from the pre-pandemic era, which unfairly puts 2025 Leaving cert students in competition for university places against previous years students who have benefitted from more generous grading; and if he will make a statement on th…