Calls for government to address school issues for Ukrainian children

Children arriving from Ukraine have been placed in Irish schools but some are being moved at short notice (Danny Lawson/PA)

A representative for the Ombudsman for Children’s Office has called on the government to use the summer months to put better supports in place for refugee children ahead of the new academic year.

Nuala Ward, director of investigations at the Ombudsman for Children’s Office, told the Joint Committee on Education that a failure to provide children arriving from Ukraine with a school placement is a “deep concern”.