The purpose of the change is to guarantee that all kids can be accommodated and that the rising demand for school spots is satisfied.

Three new first-year streams have been established in Greystones, County Wicklow, to serve the needs of over seventy children who were left without a post-primary education.

In the towns of Athenry, Celbridge, Maynooth, and Fermoy, an extra first-year stream has been established to accommodate the increased demand for male-only school spots in the community.

Every new class group will have 24–30 pupils in it. Due to the deficit, nine more first-year spots have been added to Prosperous in County Kildare.

After statistics from all the schools in such locations showed that there was a general lack of school spaces there, the Department of Education approved the extra spots.

It said that only a very tiny proportion of the country's 314 enrolment zones had experienced strain as a result of growing enrolment. These are often places where a growing number of young people have moved in due to new home developments.

The three extra sessions at Greystones will be held in the Community College, bringing the total number of first-year students enrolled this year to 168 from the original 96.

Even though the school is just five years old, it is expanding quickly.

Due to the local scarcity, Principal Ruairi Farrell stated that the school has decided to expand even more this year "given the concern and anxiety of parents and children in the area."

Overall, it seems that a demographic peak has been achieved following notable increases in second-level enrolment in recent years.

It is anticipated that fewer students will be enrolled in second level starting in the next year.

The number of first-year students enrolling is already declining; 71,494 are scheduled to start their second year of study next month, compared to a high intake of 75,202 in September of last year.

According to Department of Education predictions, enrolment will continue to decline over the next few years, with a 900 seat drop in first year admission anticipated annually.

According to the Department, primary school admittance numbers have been declining annually for a number of years and are predicted to drop by 100,000 overall over the next ten years.