James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)

We have a largely high level breakdown. Part of this has the objective of meeting our disability challenge to assist in providing a higher number of therapists and professionals that can assist with healthcare and disability needs. Across that we have 463 additional places in health and social care disciplines such as therapies, including occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics, radiography and radiation therapy. All of those would be of great assistance there.

We also will have 20 additional places in Irish medical schools in 2026, which will bring us up to 200 new places created during the past three years. There are also new programmes coming on stream in pharmacy. I know Deputy Connolly's home university in Galway is taking on board the pharmacy course.