The Taoiseach says the issue of in-person exams for secondary school students will be kept under review.
The Teachers Union of Ireland have called for the traditional Leaving and Junior Cert exams to go ahead this year, despite calls for the introduction of a hybrid model.
The National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals say this years Leaving Cert class has suffered more interruption than any other year and is calling on the Department of Education to consider additional allowances for exam students.
Speaking to RedFM News, Taoiseach Micheál Martin says accommodations have already been factored into this years exams.
"Obviously there are challenges in education at the moment in terms of Omicron.
"It's not quite like last year when we had to close the schools for a considerable amount of time.
"It's a complex enough area in terms of the challenges that represents, but accomadtions have already been made in terms of the papers and how they'll be structured.
"The broader issue will be kept under review."
Meanwhile the Irish Second-Level Students' Union has said that the State Examinations this year cannot go ahead as planned.
The Union says this year's cohort of exam students have been very vocal about the disruption they are facing in and out of the classroom.
No online tuition has been provided to those isolating, and students have missed class time throughout 2021 and 2020, as a result of school closures.
THE ISSU are now calling on the Education Minister to take students' voices into account and revise the decision about State Exams for June and instead allow the use of a hybrid model.
