The following table provides a breakdown for each of the academic years 2012/13 to 2017/18 (to date) in the category requested by the Deputy. The data provided in the following table are in respect of students who applied to SUSI.
The 2017/18 Student Grant Scheme was published on the 31 March 2017. The qualifying criteria for the special rate of maintenance grant is as follows: 1. The student must qualify for the standard rate of grant;
2. Total reckonable income, after income disregards and Child Dependant increase(s) are excluded, must not exceed €23,000; and
3. As at 31 December 2016, the reckonable income must include one of the eligible long-term social welfare payments prescribed in the Student Grant Scheme.
The eligibility of a person to whom this Scheme applies for the award of a grant, or the level of the grant awarded, may be assessed or re-assessed by the awarding authority in the event of changes of circumstances between 1 January following the reference period and the end of the academic year, including certain eligible payments for the special rate of maintenance grant.
Under Threshold - Not in receipt of Special Rate
|
Scheme Year
|
Total
|
No DSP payment
|
DSP payment (no eligible payment)
|
DSP payment (Eligible payment - other criteria not met)
|
|
2017/18*
|
5,485
|
2,783
|
619
|
2,083
|
|
2016/17
|
7,559
|
3,925
|
780
|
2,854
|
|
2015/16
|
7,624
|
4,020
|
797
|
2,807
|
|
2014/15
|
7,177
|
3,787
|
670
|
2,720
|
|
2013/14
|
6,466
|
3,524
|
524
|
2,418
|
|
2012/13
|
4,785
|
2,367
|
346
|
2,072
|
* 2017/18 figures are to date. Also important to note the threshold changed from 22,703 to 23,000 this year.
