Leaving Cert Business 2026

The 2026 Leaving Cert Business exam papers and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

Section 1Section 2 & 3Marking Scheme
What's in the 2026 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 applied business question, employee rewards, pricing strategies, management control · 80 marks
  • Q2 contract law, co-operative relationships, competitive relationships, ccpc · 60 marks
  • Q3 environmental responsibility, economic variables, indigenous business, domestic environment · 60 marks
  • Q4 international trade, exports, eu membership, international environment · 60 marks
  • Q5 discrimination, unfair dismissal, industrial relations, workplace relations commission · 60 marks
  • Q6 enterprise, communication, leadership styles, managing · 60 marks
  • Q7 human resource management, household and business taxation, managing change, managing · 60 marks
  • Q8 product life cycle, ratio analysis, profitability, liquidity · 60 marks
  • Q9 branding, channels of distribution, business expansion, business in action · 60 marks
  • Q10 business organisations, eu institutions, insurance, breakeven analysis · 80 marks

Ordinary Level

Section 1Section 2Marking Scheme
What's in the 2026 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 consumer law, consumer agencies, redress, small claims court · 75 marks
  • Q1 abbreviations, usp, benefit in kind · 10 marks
  • Q2 primary sector, factors of production, vat, business ethics · 75 marks
  • Q2 plans, business planning, mission statement · 10 marks
  • Q3 government expenditure, bar chart, foreign direct investment, barriers to trade · 75 marks
  • Q3 marketing mix · 10 marks
  • Q4 trade unions, industrial relations, contract law, unfair dismissal · 75 marks
  • Q4 eu institutions, european union · 10 marks
  • Q5 international trade, imports and exports · 10 marks
  • Q5 entrepreneurship, sources of business ideas, leadership styles, ict · 75 marks
  • Q6 intrapreneurship, entrepreneurship · 10 marks
  • Q6 target market, sole trader, insurance, cash flow forecast · 75 marks
  • Q7 recruitment and selection, gross pay, branding, public relations · 75 marks
  • Q7 motivation, maslow · 10 marks
  • Q8 market research, new product development, production methods, quality control · 75 marks
  • Q8 insurance · 10 marks
  • Q9 community development, local enterprise office, business expansion, channels of distribution · 75 marks
  • Q9 organisation structures, matrix structure, span of control · 10 marks
  • Q10 taxation · 10 marks
  • Q11 data protection, gdpr · 10 marks
  • Q12 economic variables, inflation, unemployment, interest rates · 10 marks
  • Q13 product life cycle · 10 marks
  • Q14 ratio analysis, acid test ratio, liquidity · 10 marks
  • Q15 stakeholders · 10 marks

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