Student Grant Scheme Applications

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 February 2017

Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Questions (212)

Seán Sherlock

Question:

212. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the most up-to-date regulations as laid down by his office in regard to the SUSI scheme and postgraduate applications. [5451/17]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

The Student Grant Scheme 2016 and the Student Support Regulations 2016 can be accessed on my Department’s website via the following links:

http://www.education.ie/en/Learners/Information/Student-Grants/Student-Grant-Scheme.pdf.

http://www.education.ie/en/Learners/Information/Student-Grants/Student-Support-Regulations.pdf. 

The 2017 Student Grant Scheme and Student Support Regulations will be published in late spring for the 2017/18 academic year.  

The Deputy will be aware that I secured an additional allocation of €36.5m for higher education in Budget 2017. This is the first significant investment in higher education for 9 years. This figure includes €4m for the provision of maintenance grants for the most disadvantaged postgraduate students. It is expected that this measure will benefit approximately 1,100 postgraduate students in the academic year 2017/18.