Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact there remain Ukrainian children living in a hotel (details supplied) who have not been provided with a school place near their State-sponsored accommodation and who have also not been provided with the necessary transport to bring them to and from the schools in the north-east inner city where they were previously registered to attend and which can still provide them with a school place. [51436/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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When families from Ukraine with school-age children move to Citywest, they are advised by the local REALT coordinator of the nearest schools to their accommodation with available capacity.

Capacity surveys completed at the end of June showed that there were sufficient spaces available in primary and post-primary schools in the Tallaght school planning area to accommodate the incoming Ukrainian students and information on the schools with available places was communicated to families by the REALT co-ordinator.

My Department and Bus Éireann is continuing to provide School Transport Scheme services in line with the process that was in place for the 2021/2022 school year for children arriving to Ireland from Ukraine. Full information on the process is available on Gov.ie.

It is the Department’s policy that Ukrainian children should enrol in the nearest school with available capacity to their accommodation centre. Should a parent wish to transfer their child from a school in the North East Inner City, they should contact their local REALT. Contact details for the REALT are available on gov.ie- Information for schools – Ukraine (www.gov.ie).