Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 July 2017
306. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in receipt of third level grants for the academic year 2016-2017, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35680/17]
View answerThe following table provides a breakdown of the grant awards for the academic year 2016/17 in the categories requested by the Deputy. However, approximately 5,500 of these students did not take up the grant for a number of reasons e.g repeating a year and in the majority of cases not take up their college place.
The data provided in the following table is in respect of students who were awarded a grant from SUSI the centralised grant awarding authority.
SUSI Grant Awarded by County 2016
|
SUSI Grants |
2016 |
|
Home Address County |
Awarded |
|
Carlow |
1,286 |
|
Cavan |
1,779 |
|
Clare |
2,468 |
|
Cork |
8,876 |
|
Donegal |
4,059 |
|
Dublin |
15,461 |
|
Galway |
5,330 |
|
Kerry |
3,387 |
|
Kildare |
3,318 |
|
Kilkenny |
1,871 |
|
Laois |
1,571 |
|
Leitrim |
843 |
|
Limerick |
3,808 |
|
Longford |
864 |
|
Louth |
2,755 |
|
Mayo |
3,139 |
|
Meath |
3,202 |
|
Monaghan |
1,435 |
|
Offaly |
1,722 |
|
Roscommon |
1,511 |
|
Sligo |
1,492 |
|
Tipperary |
3,168 |
|
Waterford |
2,405 |
|
Westmeath |
1,893 |
|
Wexford |
3,135 |
|
Wicklow |
2,181 |
|
NONE |
1,081 |
|
Grand Total |
84,040 |
