Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 June 2021
355. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of SUSI recipients under each income bracket; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34028/21]
View answerThe was a total of 74,755 SUSI grant recipients for the 2020/21 academic year. The number of recipients under each income bracket as requested by the Deputy is in the table attached.
The Programme for Government contains commitments to, amongst other things, review SUSI eligibility criteria, adjacency rates and postgraduate grant supports. The review of the Student Grant Scheme is underway with over 250 submissions received via the public consultation process and over 9,000 survey responses were received through an online survey process. It is anticipated that the SUSI review will be completed later this year and will inform policy priorities for the next Estimates process and future considerations regarding the development of student grant policy. At this point I cannot pre-empt the outcome of the review to indicate when any proposed changes will come into effect.
Number of recipients for each income bracket
|
Type of Award |
Student numbers |
Income Bracket less than 4 dependent children |
4 to 7 dependent children |
8 or more dependent children |
|
Special Rate |
21,776 |
€24,500 |
€24,500 |
€24,500 |
|
100% Full maintenance |
31,720 |
€39,875 |
€43,810 |
€47,575 |
|
75% part maintenance |
1,658 |
€40,970 |
€45,025 |
€48,890 |
|
50% part maintenance |
3,232 |
€43,380 |
€47,670 |
€51,760 |
|
25% part maintenance |
2,953 |
€45,790 |
€50,325 |
€54,630 |
|
Post Grad special rate |
76 |
€24,500 |
€24,500 |
€24,500 |
|
Post Grad fee contribution |
1,256 |
€31,500 |
€34,615 |
€37,580 |
|
Student contribution 100% fee only |
8,170 |
€49,840 |
€54,765 |
€59,455 |
|
Student cont. 50% |
3,914 |
€54,240 |
€59,595 |
€64,700 |
