From Monday, 85,000 students will attend universities in Dublin. Tens of thousands of those will be criss-crossing the country. The Minister's instructions were that higher and third level institutions should consider enhanced protective measures. What does that mean and what is the Government's plan? For instance, should these students go home at the weekend and is the Minister fearful of them spreading the virus? For students who are being asked to pay for accommodation months in advance, will they get their money back if the levels increase to 3 and 4?

I have been contacted by a student in my area, Carlow, who did her leaving certificate, was disappointed with her results because they were not as high as those awarded in her mock examinations and decided to repeat in November, on which I compliment her. She went to the school, which is an excellent school, and they told her that they do not have any resources and that they did not get any guidance from the Department of Education and Skills on the supports they can give to anyone repeating their leaving certificate on 16 November. That is unacceptable. I contacted the Department this morning and I was told that the Irish Second-Level Students Union, ISSU, supports a website for students who want to repeat their leaving certificate. That is not good enough. The school the student has been dealing with is excellent, and by no means would I condemn it, but every school needs supports for their students who intend to repeat the leaving certificate.

We have seen that students have had their points downgraded. I have asked for third, fourth, fifth and six year results for the students who contacted my office. It does not stack up. They have been downgraded by one and two points, from H1 to H2 and from H2 to H3, and have lost out on positions. The teachers' information that is available throughout all the quarterly examinations does not reflect the reason they got downgraded. What can we do for those students who have been downgraded and missed out on their positions by three and four points?

To reply to Deputy Conway-Walsh's question, as the Deputy will know, on 5 August, a very detailed implementation advice regarding public health and the return to third level education was published. A huge amount of work has been undertaken by the sector, including by the Union of Students of Ireland, which sits on a group that meets every Friday that I attend also. It will meet again in the morning. We are now examining the further measures that need to be taken in respect of the latest NPHET advice regarding Dublin and without getting ahead of any NPHET recommendations that may or may not go to Government in the coming days, I draw the Deputy's attention to the fact that it is the balance between what one does on site and what one does online.

In respect of accommodation, we have already brought in a number of flexible options for students to be able to rent a room for a number of nights rather than taking out a long-term lease. I would encourage more colleges to do that.

In respect of the other two issues, they are matters for the Minister for Education and Skills. I know the Minister has been doing an excellent job on prioritising the calculated grades system. I am sure guidance will be produced on the repeat leaving certificate opportunity and I will ask the Minister, Deputy Foley, to follow up on that. The calculated grades system, while imperfect, because every system was imperfect in the pandemic, was genuinely the best, honest and most robust system we could put in place.