Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 29 May 2014
29. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Justice and Equality on the issue of allowing students from outside the European Union to study for fixed periods of time in second level schools here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23386/14]
View answerThe two Departments agreed a shared policy towards unaccompanied non-EEA (European Economic Area) students studying in Irish schools which was articulated in the Review of the Student Immigration Regime published in 2010 by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS). This allowed a concession whereby such students were only permitted to attend fee-paying schools. This concession is being considered by the two Departments as part of the current review of Ireland's International Education Strategy, which was also published in 2010.
