Leaving Cert Home Economics 2023

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

Higher Level

Section ASection B&CMarking Scheme
What's in the 2023 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 nutrition, lipids · 6 marks
  • Q1 nutrition, iron, vitamin c, food budgeting · 80 marks
  • Q1 home design, interior design, thermal comfort, lighting · 80 marks
  • Q2 food science, carbohydrates, cookery · 6 marks
  • Q2 fish, food preservation, food safety authority · 50 marks
  • Q2 textiles, fashion and design, fabrics · 40 marks
  • Q3 food choice, added value foods, food processing · 50 marks
  • Q3 food safety, microbiology · 6 marks
  • Q3 social studies, employment, poverty, social change · 80 marks
  • Q4 home management, consumer studies, retailing · 50 marks
  • Q4 nutrition, energy metabolism · 6 marks
  • Q4 meat, cookery, food packaging, household expenditure · 80 marks
  • Q5 family studies, sociology, family law · 50 marks
  • Q5 cookery, sauces · 6 marks
  • Q6 nutrition, dietary fibre · 6 marks
  • Q7 food science, cookery, chemical changes · 6 marks
  • Q8 sensory analysis, food industry · 6 marks
  • Q9 food safety, food legislation · 6 marks
  • Q10 social studies, social welfare · 6 marks
  • Q11 environment, air pollution, consumer studies · 6 marks
  • Q12 consumer studies, household finance, mortgages · 6 marks
  • Q13 consumer studies, household finance, savings · 6 marks
  • Q14 consumer studies, consumer law · 6 marks

Ordinary Level

Section ASection B&CMarking Scheme
What's in the 2023 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 home design, heating, energy efficiency, water supply · 80 marks
  • Q1 nutrition, lipids, fatty acids · 6 marks
  • Q1 protein, sports nutrition, food labelling, consumer studies · 80 marks
  • Q2 nutrition, energy · 6 marks
  • Q2 meat, menu planning, food commodities · 50 marks
  • Q2 textiles, fashion and design, fabric finishes · 40 marks
  • Q3 social studies, unemployment, education, voluntary work · 80 marks
  • Q3 food hygiene, food storage, household appliances · 50 marks
  • Q3 protein, eggs, food science · 6 marks
  • Q4 housing, insurance, environment · 50 marks
  • Q4 osteoporosis, food labelling, budgeting, family · 80 marks
  • Q4 nutrition, minerals, iron · 6 marks
  • Q5 family, older people, conflict, wills · 50 marks
  • Q5 digestion, nutrition · 6 marks
  • Q6 cereals, food commodities · 6 marks
  • Q7 fibre, healthy eating, teenagers · 6 marks
  • Q8 raising agents, baking, food preparation · 6 marks
  • Q9 cooking methods, grilling · 6 marks
  • Q10 social welfare, personal finance · 6 marks
  • Q11 consumer studies, credit, personal finance · 6 marks
  • Q12 textiles, home management · 6 marks
  • Q13 household appliances, microwave, consumer studies · 6 marks
  • Q14 textiles, fabric care, consumer information · 6 marks
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Questions come from the official State Examinations Commission papers. Every link opens the original PDF on examinations.ie.