Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 March 2014
119. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form, on a county basis, the total number of applicants to Student Universal Support Ireland for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 academic years; the number of applicants who were awarded a payment; the number who were not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11592/14]
View answerThe following table, provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), gives a breakdown on a county basis of the student grant applications, awarded and not awarded by SUSI for the academic year 2012/13, as on the 28th February 2014. The data requested by the Deputy in respect of the 2013/14 academic year will be made available to the Department by SUSI after the end of the current academic year.
|
COUNTY |
APPLICATIONS |
AWARDED |
REFUSED/CANCELLED* |
|
Carlow |
1,016 |
634 |
382 |
|
Cavan |
1,371 |
842 |
529 |
|
Clare |
1,860 |
1,172 |
688 |
|
Cork |
7,173 |
4,211 |
2,962 |
|
Donegal |
2,992 |
1,868 |
1,124 |
|
Dublin |
14,889 |
7,658 |
7,231 |
|
Galway |
4,586 |
2,824 |
1,762 |
|
Kerry |
2,561 |
1,598 |
963 |
|
Kildare |
2,829 |
1,553 |
1,276 |
|
Kilkenny |
1,445 |
849 |
596 |
|
Laois |
1,112 |
664 |
448 |
|
Leitrim |
658 |
412 |
246 |
|
Limerick |
2,986 |
1,812 |
1,174 |
|
Longford |
780 |
487 |
293 |
|
Louth |
2,235 |
1,316 |
919 |
|
Mayo |
2,590 |
1,679 |
911 |
|
Meath |
2,535 |
1,466 |
1069 |
|
Monaghan |
1,154 |
729 |
425 |
|
Offaly |
1,274 |
780 |
494 |
|
Roscommon |
1,222 |
778 |
444 |
|
Sligo |
1,272 |
768 |
504 |
|
Tipperary |
2,732 |
1,635 |
1,097 |
|
Waterford |
1,980 |
1,149 |
831 |
|
Westmeath |
1,733 |
1,012 |
721 |
|
Wexford |
2,417 |
1,476 |
941 |
|
Wicklow |
2,024 |
1,144 |
880 |
|
Outside Ireland |
299 |
73 |
226 |
|
TOTAL |
69,725 |
40,589 |
29,136 |
*Refused/cancelled includes all applications not awarded.
