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‹ Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

Leaving certificate late application

Summary

Deputy O'Rourke raises a missed late-application opportunity for a leaving certificate candidate and asks for help. The Tánaiste says he will check with the Education Minister and see whether a solution can be found.

I want to raise an anomaly with the Tánaiste. The Government provided clarity to leaving certificate students on 17 February. Five days before that, on 12 February, the window for external applicants to apply for leaving certificate 2021 closed unbeknown to many. I have a constituent who sat the leaving certificate 2020 examinations in November and wants to repeat one subject in leaving certificate 2021, but has missed the window. Every other year, there is a late application opportunity but it does not seem to exist this year. Could the Tánaiste follow up with the Minister for Education and perhaps the State Examinations Commission because I do not seem to be getting anywhere with them?

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Leo Varadkar The Tánaiste Fine Gael

I will get that checked out. I will let the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, know the Deputy raised the matter here, and we will see whether we can find a solution.

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