Dear anglo , I made it clear that I did not think the purpose should be to get folk gigs . and am also suggesting it should be   used to replace Competition by comhaltas. A lot of your other questions would be answered if you obtained comhaltas exam syllabus. lastly even if you wake up short tempered in the morning you have no right to take it out on me.at the moment you know nothing of comhaltas examination system, the examination system could be based on comhaltas but be open to adaptation. I suggest that if your genuinely interested study comhaltas system which is working well even though it may have imperfections , or study the newcastle or scottish system. meanwhile I would appreciate an apology for your earlier bad tempered posting.