€10
a day childcare
Childcare
- Review Core Funding and ensure proper pay for early years staff.
- An expert group on a public childcare model, set up in the first 100 days.
- A family's costs fall from over €800 a month to €200 per child, with wage increases for early years educators and more places (Alternative Budget 2027).
100,000
extra school transport places
School Transport
- Over €250 million of investment.
- Distance rules cut to 1km (primary) and 2km (post-primary).
- Remove the nearest school rule, and keep fees as they are.
Free
schoolbooks for senior cycle
School Costs & Students
- Extend hot meals to more schools.
- Extend the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance to every child (Alternative Budget 2027).
- Abolish college fees from September 2027, starting with a €1,250 reduction in September 2026, and abolish apprenticeship fees immediately (Alternative Budget 2027).
1,000
extra primary school teachers
Teachers & Special Needs
- 1,850 more Special Needs Assistants and 850 more Special Education Teachers.
- Raise the school capitation grant by €60 for primary and €40 for post-primary schools.
- State insurance for all public schools, on a voluntary basis (all Alternative Budget 2027).