159 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will reconstitute the leaving certificate points commission. [22944/01]

The Final Report of the Commission on the Points System, which was published in December 1999, represented the culmination of two years of intensive research, discussion and debate on the system of selection for entry to third level education.

The report recommends that the points system be retained on the basis that it is well established, is broadly fair and transparent and is generally accepted by the public at large.