Prioritise the elderly and third-level funding, say Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil wants third-level funding, and supports for older people, to be prioritised in the upcoming budget and will say so at its pre-Dáil conference this week.

Party leader, Micheal Martin, says next month’s budget will be the “first big test” for the partnership agreement between Fianna Fail and the Fine Gael-led minority government.

Writing in today’s Irish Examiner, Mr Martin says there must be a “major gear change” in third-level funding. His party wants cash-starved services restored, rather than tax cuts funded.