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Special Educational Needs

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 25 March 2026

Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Questions (107)

Peter Roche

Question:

107. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether professional educational or psychological assessments, including diagnoses of dyslexia or specific learning difficulties, are taken into account alongside standardised spelling test scores when determining eligibility for a spelling, grammar and punctuation waiver under the SEC RACE scheme; if her Department has considered allowing such reports to inform eligibility where a student marginally exceeds the current cut-off score; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22712/26]

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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. 

In view of this, I have asked the SEC to respond directly to the Deputy.

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