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Education Support

Education Support

The Tusla Education Support Service can help you find a school for your children.

Read about how to enrol your children in:

Parents with a child starting primary school can find information in Ukrainian and Russian.

School Transport 

School transport services are available to Ukrainian students on the same basis that they are available to children in Ireland. There will be no charge for this where it is available. Further details will be available soon. Contact Transportapplications@education.gov.ie for more information about school transport.

Childcare in Ireland

South Dublin County Childcare Committee offers support and information to enable families to access childcare within the county and also support childcare providers.

You can find more information on various childcare schemes operated by the government through the below links.

National Childcare Scheme

ECCE Free Pre-school Years

Third Level Education

Irish third-level students returning from Ukraine will be given places to continue their education. 

Qualifications from Ukraine

Quality and Qualifications Ireland have information (in Ukrainian) about its qualifications recognition service. This guide helps you to use QQI’s foreign qualifications recognition service (NARIC).

English Language Classes

You can search for English language classes in your area with the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board (ETB).

The Dublin and Dún Laoghaire ETB is a statutory education provider offering English language classes in a Further Education and Training Centre. The ETB offers free beginners and improvers English classes in addition to certified courses that may be beneficial to displaced persons who are now living in South Dublin County

Failte Isteach via Third Age Ireland 

Fáilte Isteach is a community project involving predominantly older volunteers welcoming migrants through conversational English classes.