The Government has set up a group to look at the future direction of arts education in the Republic.
The Task Force for Arts and Education and the Arts in Education is being established by the Departments of Education and Science and Arts, Culture, Gaeltacht and the Islands.
It will look at the possibility of founding a teachers' centre for the arts, where research and training in further arts curriculum will take place.
The group will also seek to produce a code for "the promotion of standards of best practice for arts in schools". The teaching of music and drama in schools will be among the areas examined.