Smaller class sizes, gym membership tax credits, a new transport police and the retention of the pension age are among the measures contained in the draft programme for government.
Members of the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parliamentary parties are holding separate meetings in Leinster House to sign off on the document before it goes out to the wider membership over the weekend, paving the way for Micheál Martin to become Taoiseach next week.
Among the key measures in the document, which has been agreed with both parties as well as the Regional Independents and the two Healy-Rae brothers, are:
- The retention of the pension age at 66;
- A phased ending of…