Leaving Cert Business 2023

The 2023 Leaving Cert Business exam paper and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

What's in the 2023 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 applied business question, sources of finance, international markets, economic variables · 80 marks
  • Q2 people in business, consumer law, contract law · 60 marks
  • Q3 domestic environment, nationalisation and privatisation, ownership structures, environmentally responsible business · 60 marks
  • Q4 international environment, european union, special interest groups, multinational companies · 60 marks
  • Q5 people in business, industrial relations, unfair dismissals, workplace relations commission · 60 marks
  • Q6 enterprise, managing, motivation theory, planning · 60 marks
  • Q7 managing, insurance, employee rewards, human resource management · 60 marks
  • Q8 managing, product development, income tax, employee empowerment · 60 marks
  • Q9 business in action, niche market, strategic alliances and mergers, breakeven analysis · 60 marks

Paper 1

  • Q10 international trade, financial ratios, european union, data protection · 80 marks

Ordinary Level

What's in the 2023 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 business terms, taxation · 10 marks
  • Q2 management, controller facilitator · 10 marks
  • Q3 business expansion · 10 marks
  • Q4 business ownership, true or false · 10 marks
  • Q5 motivation, maslow · 10 marks
  • Q6 marketing, usp · 10 marks
  • Q7 human resources, recruitment · 10 marks
  • Q8 industrial relations · 10 marks
  • Q9 marketing, pricing strategy · 10 marks
  • Q10 business documents, memorandum · 10 marks
  • Q11 european union, eu policies · 10 marks
  • Q12 state agencies · 10 marks
  • Q13 factors of production · 10 marks
  • Q14 cashflow, finance · 10 marks
  • Q15 sources of finance · 10 marks
  • Q16 people in business, dismissal, contract law · 75 marks
  • Q17 domestic environment, multinationals, inflation · 75 marks
  • Q18 international environment, trade, european union · 75 marks
  • Q19 people in business, consumer law, industrial relations · 75 marks
  • Q20 enterprise, managing, leadership · 75 marks
  • Q21 managing, meetings, insurance · 75 marks
  • Q22 managing, payroll, rewards · 75 marks
  • Q23 business in action, marketing, franchise · 75 marks
  • Q24 business in action, market research, production · 75 marks
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