754. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if funding has been allocated in Budget 2026 to increase the number of UBU (Your Place Your Space) services beyond the current total of 260; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44501/25]
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755. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will review a concessionary ticket application for school transport in the case of a family (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44526/25]
756. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review a concessionary ticket application for school transport for a child (details provided) on medical grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44527/25]
757. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a response to a departmental query (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44566/25]
758. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth the date when entrants and students undertaking the montessori teaching course at a college (details supplied) were informed that route 4 would no longer be available to them for securing teaching council registration; if she is aware that four graduates of this course are unable to register permanently with the Teaching Council despite beginning thei…
759. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 25 June 2025, to examine the case affecting a teachers pay calculations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44603/25]
760. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 25 June 2025, to examine the case affecting a teachers pay calculations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44604/25]
761. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the new distance regulations for Bus Éireann school bus catchment areas, 2km/1km, will be updated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44609/25]
762. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine the case of a child with additional needs requiring a school placement (details supplied) [44617/25]
763. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine the case of a child with additional needs requiring a school placement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44618/25]
764. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth if processes are in place with a view to resolving the long drawn out incremental credit for secondary school teachers, as outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44639/25]
765. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 421 of 20 May 2025, whether an update will be provided to the children with additional needs who need supports to start school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44663/25]
766. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for approval for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); if she is aware of the unacceptable situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44679/25]
767. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth to reply to correspondence regarding rural school funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44689/25]
768. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth his plans to reduce the pick-up zone distance under the school transport scheme from 3.2 km to 2 km and eventually to 1 km; if a detailed timeframe will be provided on when these changes will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44690/25]
769. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of UBU Your Place Your Space services in the country; the number in each ETB; separately, the number on a county-by-county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44698/25]
770. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider the application for two new services in Laois (details supplied) in view of the exceptionally low funding provided to the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44699/25]
771. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a construction project is expected to be completed for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44724/25]
772. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale for the phase out of route 4 recognition of teachers for those from a professional special needs Montessori background; if she will consider an extension to the 31 December 2023 cut off; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44735/25]
773. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the assessment her officials have undertaken on the impact of the redesignation of special schools referred to in circular 0039/2025; the way in which the eligibility criteria have been established; if she will consider changes or deferments to the policy where it is clear no additional supports are available to children who need them in a mainst…
774. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider the limited teaching staff allocation granted to a school (details supplied) in consideration of the increase in the number enrolled for September 2025. [44753/25]
775. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider reinstating the route 4 recognition to primary teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44755/25]
776. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider the State offering training pathways for special education teacher that do not require the teaching of Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44756/25]
777. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to offer a timeline for caretakers and cleaners to be transferred to the centralised public payroll as school secretaries were in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44762/25]
778. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will extend the Commission of Investigation into historical sexual abuse, in all day and boarding schools to include victims of physical abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44796/25]