State Examinations

738. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there is any difference between the exam papers for the Junior and Leaving certificate exams for students of gaelscoileanna and English speaking schools; if so, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19083/26]

745. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will seek clarification from the State Examinations Commission (SEC) as to why the proposed RACE accommodations for a student (details supplied) do not address their primary access needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19136/26]

787. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the person or body that took the decision and the reason for excluding compulsory written research projects for Leaving Certificate subjects including history and geography from the answering through the Irish bonus marks scheme in each year since 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19479/26]

788. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the decision to exclude compulsory written research projects for Leaving Certificate subjects including history and geography from the answering through the Irish bonus marks scheme in each year since 2006 is contrary to the stated Mícheál Martin as Minister for Education’s position in 1999,…

789. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the ‘decision’ to exclude compulsory written research projects for Leaving Certificate subjects including history and geography from the answering through Irish bonus marks scheme in each year since 2006 was not communicated to Irish-medium schools, their students or other students sitting t…

790. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will publish all documents relating to when decisions annually were taken, by whom and the educational basis of those decisions to exclude compulsory written research projects for Leaving Certificate subjects including history and geography from the answering through the Irish bonus marks scheme in each year since 2006…

791. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm with regard to each of the following Leaving Certificate subjects (History; Geography; Economics; PE; Agricultural Science; Religion; Politics and Society; Computer Science; Religious Education), that answering through the Irish bonus marks scheme was applied by the State Examinations Commission on the entirety of …

792. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department officials of the State Examination Commission received correspondence regularly from 2008 on the matter of the failure to apply answering through Irish bonus marks to compulsory written research projects for Leaving Certificate subjects in each year since 2006; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

836. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider a formal review of the higher-level maths curriculum to ensure greater gender equality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19874/26]

837. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) has published a new draft leaving certificate history syllabus which excludes the period of First World War; whether she agrees that understanding of this period, including issues such as the conscription crisis and the number of Irish people who died in…

852. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the serious concerns raised regarding the implementation of the new Senior Cycle Science Assessment and Accreditation of Learning Components (AACs), including the absence of sample AAC reports, the lack of marking schemes for sample written examination papers, insufficient clarity on project requirements, disp…

857. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason students will be charged the full cost of leaving certificate fees in June 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20102/26]

858. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a child requires a medical card to be exempt from the leaving certificate fees; or is it sufficient that the parent has one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20103/26]

912. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has approved the NCCA draft specifications for Leaving Certificate English, which sets out a fundamental change in the English curriculum (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20817/26]

143. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale for the decision, following Budget 2026, to reintroduce State examination fees for Junior Cycle and Senior Cycle students in 2026, ending the temporary waiver that had been in place in recent years; the expected revenue to be generated from charging €116 per entry for Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate …

468. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there is any requirement for schools within an area to offer the Leaving Certificate Applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14056/26]

494. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria for establishing an LCA class; if there is a minimum required number of LCA classes per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14262/26]

145. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth the accommodations currently available to Leaving Certificate students with type 1 diabetes, particularly in circumstances where a student experiences a hypoglycaemic episode during an examination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13189/26]

146. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department or the State Examinations Commission is undertaking a review of reasonable accommodations for students with chronic health conditions, including type 1 diabetes; the timeline for this work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13190/26]

147. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth the extent of engagement between her Department, the State Examinations Commission and clinical experts or diabetes advocacy organisations to ensure that examination arrangements reflect current best practice in diabetes management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13191/26]

125. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to provide further transparency on Junior Certificate results, namely access to percentages and corrected scripts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10984/26]

361. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she intends to review and revise upwards the policy of granting an additional ten minutes in the Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11492/26]

574. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth regarding the interim additional-time scheme for students with specific needs in state examinations; the rationale for just 10 minutes extra for students with learning difficulties such as dyslexia; if it is intended to further review this extra time; if further additional time will be considered for these students after the 2026 …

626. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will extend the award of bonus marks to include continuous assessment components completed through Irish for students sitting the Leaving Certificate in 2026, in order to ensure parity with the arrangements that will apply from 2027 for both written examinations and continuous assessment (details supplied); and if she will…

631. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the recent decision by the State Examinations Commission to provide only 10 minutes of additional time per examination for students accessing RACE accommodations, including students with dyslexia, dyspraxia and other specific learning difficulties; and if she will outline the evidence base used to determine this…