461. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a request by an organisation (details supplied) that reasonable accommodations be made at State examinations for a particular provision for students with epilepsy; if examination candidates who suffered a seizure will be given the opportunity to re-sit any impacted examinations within the same examination cycle and within the same academic year; her views on whether students who suffered a seizure will have an unfair disadvantage in respect of other candidates in the same examination cycle; if she has discussed this matter with the State Examinations Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17638/22]

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461. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a request by an organisation (details supplied) that reasonable accommodations be made at State examinations for a particular provision for students with epilepsy; if examination candidates who suffered a seizure will be given the opportunity to re-sit any impacted examinations within the same examination cycle and within the same academic year; her views on whether students who suffered a seizure will have an unfair disadvantage in respect of other candidates in the same examination cycle; if she has discussed this matter with the State Examinations Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17638/22]

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