A new special school for children with autism and general learning disabilities will open next September in south Dublin.
The school, under the patronage of the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin,will be on the campus of the former Scoil Colm in Crumlin.
The plan is that it will cater for 35 pupils who have been able to get a specialist school place in south Dublin this year - although it is not expected to open until the autumn.
Many of the children for whom the new school is being established are currently in mainstream schools or receiving education under the home tuition scheme.