Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 June 2025
406. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a standard entitlement to additional time for State exams for students formally diagnosed with dyslexia will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32062/25]
View answerThe Programme for Government commits to developing an appropriate mechanism to allow additional time for students with specific needs and in certain circumstances, and also to ensure that those who use assistive technology can do so in State examinations.
The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has responsibility for the operation and delivery of the State examinations, and facilitates access to the examinations through its scheme of reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations, otherwise known as the RACE scheme. I welcome that the SEC has now commenced a comprehensive review of the scheme, in which it intends to give consideration to these and all relevant issues.
I have asked the SEC to respond directly to the Deputy with further detail about the RACE scheme, and the review process.
