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Tue 07 Jul 2007Keeping it legal - how to home schoolAnyone can home educate their children; no formal qualification of any kind is necessary. Home education is legal and enjoys constitutional protection in Ireland.Following the Education (Welfare) Act in 2000, parents or guardians of home-educated children are obliged to provide details of the education they are providing to children under their care to the National Education Welfare Board.