The Minister for Education says the overhaul of the Junior Cert will still go ahead - despite one trade union voting against it.

Jan O'Sullivan says she has no plans to renegotiate the plans for the new exams, despite the ASTI voting against it.

She's told the Dáil that the reforms are not only urgent but now long overdue.

She says the ASTI vote can't be allowed to stop the reforms - and she has no interest in going back for further talks: