Moving a family to Ireland

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Children of residents enrol in State-funded schools with no tuition fee. Publicly funded schools cannot charge fees or ask for contributions in exchange for admission or continued admission, and schools must accept all students who apply unless they are oversubscribed. An oversubscribed school allocates places by its published admissions policy and annual admission notice, cannot select on academic ability, and cannot discriminate on grounds including race, religion, family status, disability or special educational needs.

International schooling runs €9,560 to €25,296 per child per year.

Families who need housing settled before a job is settled. Dublin new-tenancy rent is the binding constraint, and the RTB recorded 54,214 new tenancy registrations nationally in 2025 against around 78,000 a year in 2018 to 2020.

Moving to Ireland With Children