PQ 207
207. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department and the national council for curriculum and assessment are taking to provide comprehensive, in-person professional development and training to second-level teachers tasked with delivering the new Leaving Certificate specifications; the reason that no official sample layouts or benchmark portfolios have been published by the State examinations commission for the 40 per cent chemistry additional assessment component; and when these vital student resources will be published. [69940/26]
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6 October 2026
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6 October 2026 · School Curriculum
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written
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Matt Carthy
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Education
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6 October 2026
Summary
207. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department and the national council for curriculum and assessment are taking to provide comprehensive, in-person professional development and training to second-level teachers tasked with delivering the new Leaving Certificate specifications; the reason that no official sample layouts or benchmark portfolios have been published by the State examinations commission for the 40 per cent chemistry additional assessment component; and when these vital student resources will be published. [69940/26]
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6 October 2026
School Curriculum
207. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department and the national council for curriculum and assessment are taking to provide comprehensive, in-person professional development and training to second-level teachers tasked with delivering the new Leaving Certificate specifications; the reason that no official sample layouts or benchmark portfolios have been published by the State examinations commission for the 40 per cent chemistry additional assessment component; and when these vital student resources will be published. [69940/26]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-10-06/207/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/question/2026-10-06/pq_207
- ireland · q-2026-10-06-pq_207 · source updated 6 October 2026