Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Select Committee on Education and Youth
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 26 - Education and Youth (Revised)
2:00 am
Michael Moynihan (Cork North-West, Fianna Fail)
I take the point. Ms O'Neill might come in. I know that schools have done a huge amount of work. They have stepped up to the plate in accommodating not just Ukrainians, but also others who have come in. There is a mechanism throughout the year whereby schools can apply to the Department for more resources like funding. Needs change in some schools overnight. There may be three, four, five or more students coming in from international protection, or they may be Ukrainians. There is a great emphasis on support. It is important from a national point of view that we break down the barriers in primary and second level education with regard to international people coming into the country.
That is where barriers are broken down. We have seen it across the globe and in our own case as well. Does Ms O'Neill want to come in on the specifics of it?
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