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Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has called on the Minister for Education to increase supports to students who find themselves…

Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan Brendan Smith has called on Universities and private student accommodation providers to do the right thing and…

Fianna Fáil TD for Kerry Norma Foley is calling on Universities, Institutes of Technology and third level colleges to bring in No…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has called on the University of Limerick to do the right thing and refund rent…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Darragh O’Brien has called on third level universities and institutions to offer partial…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has called on those providing private student accommodation to return prepaid rents to students who…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne has called on the Minister for Education to urgently increase supports for DEIS schools so…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne has said that the Department of Education must ramp up contingency planning in anticipation of…

Fianna Fáil candidate for Laois-Offaly, Cllr Peter Ormond, has said that his party is committed to ending the current pay inequality for…

Fianna Fáil is pledging to recruit 800 additional therapists to work with children and adults with disabilities in a bid to radically…

Click here to download the document Primary Measures Reduce average class sizes to 20 by 2025 in Primary Schools. We will reduce…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has questioned why the number of students in receipt of the SUSI grant is declining…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne has called on the Minister for Education to reengage with representatives of school secretaries and…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Science, Technology, Research and Development, James Lawless, has said the short-sighted approach taken by Fine Gael in only…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has said the Minister for Education is abdicating his responsibilities to third-level education by blaming…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has said that the Fine Gael containment strategy for accommodating children with special educational needs…

Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Education Thomas Byrne has called for a new pilot scheme to encourage people to complete adult literacy courses….

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Disability Margaret Murphy O’Mahony TD has called on the Minister for Disability Finian McGrath to intervene with Education…

Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne TD, has reiterated his call on the Minister for Education to urgently introduce measures to…

Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin Fingal Darragh O’Brien has welcomed confirmation today that Donabate is to get a new Gaelscoil. It comes…

Fianna Fáil TD for Kerry John Brassil says a recent study which revealed that more than one third of college students experiencing…

Fianna Fáil TD for Kerry John Brassil has slammed Fine Gael for failing to ensure that pupils with special needs have places…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has sought an update from Minister McHugh as to the reinstating of history as a…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Disability and TD for Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony has congratulated a group of CIT students after…

Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony has said there must be greater certainty for children with school transport…

Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony has said there must be greater certainty for children with school transport…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Disability Margaret Murphy O’Mahony says the government’s failure to address the serious shortfall in special needs places is…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has said the recent reports that hundreds of children with autism and special needs are…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has said the Departments lack of urgency in getting new school builds of the ground…

Fianna Fáil TD for Waterford Mary Butler has confirmed that all pupils from the Aglish and Ballinameela catchment areas who had applied…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has said the Minister for Education must not be allowed to wait for the next…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne TD, has extended his congratulations to the almost 59,000 students who are getting Leaving Cert…