Oh no , I completely agree maths has a use . My argument is that maths and coding instill the same skill set or at least , very similar and the stuff some people learn between the Junior Cert and Leaving Cert Project Maths , they don ' t find much if any use for after they finish school . If they did maths for JC and Coding in LC , I reckon that ' d still be a pretty strong foundation . IMO , Religion should be dropped in favour of Philosophy or something to that extent . The ability to build a strong argument is something everyone could do with and it helps in a lot of different areas even in places like Physics lab reports , where you have to explain what you ' re doing and what your results indicate . It ' d help out with English as well analyzing booksplaysmovies , writing a debate speech , etc . Irish . uh . yeah Irish shouldn ' t be compulsory anymore . It seems like it ' d be a fun thing to do in Transition Year if it ' s optional for JC and LC .