Fiscal claim

Expand therapy college places

Headline figure

Per-year impact

€50m

Recurring annual spend

Total over horizon

€50m

2025 onwards

Confidence

Stated in source

Order of magnitude €50m/yr for additional places and training infrastructure.

Attribution & links

Origin
Manifesto
Policy area
Higher Education
First stated
2024-11-17
Last reviewed
2026-05-23

Verification

Cross-checked against the source document. Quote captured verbatim where the figure is directly stated; gaps and mismatches are noted honestly.

Verified against Fine Gael GE2024 Manifesto, p.10: "Double Therapy Programme Places: We'll double college places in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy."

Evidence & sources

Every euro figure above ultimately traces back to the source document below.

Source

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