Commitment
Expand college places in therapy disciplines
What this means
- Fine Gael is a political party in Ireland that made this commitment in its November 2024 general election manifesto.[source]
- The commitment is to increase college places in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy.[source]
- The aim is to tackle shortages of these therapists in disability and health services, which affect people who rely on those services.[source]
- This is a promise only, with no confirmed delivery date set. Voters can use it to hold Fine Gael to account if the party enters government.[source]
Direct impact (1)
- owned by partyFine GaelParty
Indirect impact (10)
Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelAlan DillonOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelBarry WardOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelBrian BrennanOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelCatherine CallaghanOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelColm BrophyOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelColm BurkeOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelDavid MaxwellOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelEdward TimminsOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelEmer CurrieOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gaelEmer HigginsOfficeholder
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One-hop relationships derived from the entity records. Click any node to follow the link.
Status
Promised
Fine Gael committed to increasing college places in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy to address shortages in disability and health services.
Attribution & links
- Origin
- Manifesto
- Policy area
- Higher Education
- Owning party
- Fine Gael
- Responsible body
- —
- Responsible officeholder
- —
- Linked mandate
- —
- First stated
- 2024-11-17
- Last reviewed
- 2026-05-21
Evidence & sources
Every status claim above is backed by a primary source — follow a link to the source-of-truth document.
Evidence
- Fine Gael General Election 2024 Manifesto - Securing Your FutureFine Gael·Retrieved 2026-05-21high
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