Would the Minister consider making the answer papers available to students who think they have done very badly? This would in some way reduce some of the tension following the examination.

Does the Deputy mean make their papers available to them?

Yes, to see how they made mistakes and where they went wrong.

There are a lot of practical difficulties about that. The position has been that where a student knows he did not do as well as he felt he should have done then there is a method of reassessing him. It is done through the schools for pretty obvious practical reasons.

Is the Minister aware that his colleague, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach, adopts this system, which I think is an excellent one and one which should be made available to all pupils? It must be nearly a constitutional right now. The Minister should have a chat with him about it.

I cannot remember the figure but I think we are dealing with almost 100,000 students. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach was dealing with a class of 20.

100,000 would not fail.

That is correct.