People are being invited to submit their thoughts and ideas on the education system in a process that will feed into the establishment of a national convention looking at the future of education.
The Department of Education and Youth has published an online survey which is open to all.
Among a range of questions, the survey asks people to outline which parts of the education system they think are working well and what kinds of barriers and changes they see.
Inviting parents and others to complete the survey, the department said it was a once-in-a-generation opportunity for children, young people, parents, educators and wider society to help shape Ireland's education system for decades to come.
There is also scope for groups and individuals to make more detailed submissions.
The department said the outcomes of what is being called a "national conversation" on education will be used to inform the agenda for a national convention on education to take place later this year.
The convention will inform a new long-term strategy for the future of education in Ireland.
The National Conversation on Education will remain open until 28 February.
Related school community and regional events will also take place across the country, the department said.
A separate survey from the Department of Children, Disability and Equality will be launched next month and will inform a new action plan to build an affordable, accessible and high quality early learning and care system.
Minister for Education and Youth Hildegard Naughton said: "For generations, our education system has served the people of Ireland well.
"Our people have achieved enormous success at home and abroad in business, academia, the arts, the sciences, in sport and in all other areas of human endeavour.
"The challenge our education system faces is how to equip the young people of today with the necessary skills to help them thrive and adapt in an ever-changing world, where A.I. is a reality and where all aspects of daily life including leisure, study and work are continuously changing.
"That leads to profound questions we must address and seek to answer."
