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
- Owner
- Fine Gael
- Policy area
- Higher Education
- Underwrites commitment
- Expand college places in therapy disciplines
- 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
- Fine Gael GE2024 ManifestoFine Gael·Retrieved 2026-05-23high
- Fine Gael GE2024 Manifesto, p.10 - verbatim figureFine Gael·Retrieved 2026-05-23high
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